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Going home The short story Going Home is written by Pete Hamill

Going home The short story Going Home is written by Pete Hamill It was originally written for The New York Post in 1971 The story starts with a group of friends who are on a bus trip from New York to Florida On the bus one of them starts talking to an old man called Vingo Vingo tells about how he is on his way home after sentencing three and a half years in jail He does not know if his wife still wants him back or has moved on He explains that he wrote to his wife that if she still wanted him back she had to tie a yellow handkerchief around an oak tree When the bus reaches the tree they see the oak tree covered in yellow handkerchiefs The story takes place during the late 60s or early 70s on a bus driving from New York to Brunswick I think this because there is no use of modern technology during the entire story For example Vingo wrote letters to his wife while he was in jail The other hint regarding the time the story takes place in is found when the group of friends discusses Vingo Perhaps he was a sailor maybe he had run away from his wife He could be an old soldier going home Saying that he could be an old soldier going home gave me the idea that the story takes place when the Vietnam War 1955 1975 was still going on I think that the environment establishes the mood of the story 



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