Rent The Violent Bear It Away

Synopsis

Francis Marion Tarwater is an orphan boy living with his elderly great-uncle in the Tennessee backcountry. Tarwater's fate is foretold by his great-uncle before the old man dies: Tarwater will be called by the Lord to be a prophet. The old man also tells his nephew Rayber, a schoolteacher, that either Tarwater or the old man himself will end up baptizing Rayber's son, Bishop. Rayber is then careful to prevent such an occurrence, and when the old man dies, it falls to Tarwater to fulfill the prediction. Only Tarwater does not want to be a prophet or a baptist.

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