While the ending is shocking, there are hints of something more sinister going on earlier in the novel-Duchess’ random act of violence against the taunting cowboy in Morgen and also to Ackerly, the former warren of the juvenile camp. I’m not sure-what do you think about that scene? Key Events Clearly this doesn’t represent the future since Woolly is alive but maybe that flash was simply Duchess’ wishes. We apparently see a flash before Duchess dies that shows the brothers in California, Woolly alive, Sally with a child and Sister Sarah. However, once Duchess is awake and the money begins to blow away, Duchess shifts the boat to try and get it-causing it to sink and since Duchess can’t swim, he drowns. The boat contains a hole and Emmett stacks stones in order to stop the boat from flooding. So he decides to put an unconscious Duchess on a boat with his own share of the money. So the brothers take their share of the money and plan to finally go to California.īut Emmett is concerned that Duchess will try and find them. It turns out Woolly did leave each of the friends his money. This horrifies Emmett and he’s determined for Duchess to finally go to the police to own up to his crimes and that’s when the two get into a fight. He’s distraught but when he sees Duchess, all Duchess cares about his trying to get Woolly’s inheritance that is locked away. So the shift in tone during the climax to the ending was pretty shocking.Įmmett finds Woolly dead in his bed from a suicide. Up until about the last 60 pages or so, the story is fairly straightforward coming-of-age tale with vivid imagery of the time period and lots of pondering about the past and what’s next. Remember, this is spoilers, spoilers, spoilers from here on out! So don’t read this unless you’ve finished the book. Once he steals Emmett’s car and heads up to New York, it completely delays Emmett’s and Billy’s plans.įrom there, we follow Emmett and Billy’s journey to regain the car and they meet an interesting cast of characters along the way. While Billy hopes they can find their mother in San Fransisco (even though she abandoned the family), Emmett believes they can get a fresh start with fixing and then selling houses (the original house flippers).īut Duchess made a mess of everything. This is their chance to leave behind Nebraska and its bad memories and try out California. Each of the main characters are at a crossroads of sorts and in a way, the Lincoln Highway serves as a getaway from their current, somewhat bleak situation. The Lincoln Highway is a coming-of-age tale about the transition from teenager to adulthood.
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