The Doctor’s Son (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John O’Hara
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1918
- Setting: Lantenengo County, Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: James (Jimmy) Malloy, Doctor Mike Malloy, “Doctor” Myers, Edith Evans, Adele Evans, David Evans
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Love or romance, Doctors, Medicine, Epidemics
- Locales: Pennsylvania
The Story
“The Doctor's Son,” a long story in four parts, concerns James (Jimmy) Malloy, a boy who is confronted with the fact that one may be physically grown yet not grown up. Jimmy, the doctor's son of the title, narrates this story about his loss of illusions against the backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918. During the epidemic, Doctor Mike Malloy works himself into exhaustion, and “Doctor” Myers, a medical student, is called in to work Malloy's patients until he has recovered. Jimmy, though only fifteen, is commissioned to drive Doctor Myers around the county...
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