big bear statues that usually stand outside certain businesses were floating down the street. the background score is decent as the music scored for the war scenes look good. we satisfy them when we are very modest and can't read, but we bear in mind our mother reading them for us. the whereabouts of his father is unknown. “it’s easier to flesh out a thin story than cut down a novel to size." more painful than “what could have been” is what could have been if i’d not wasted my time wondering what could have been. 