Jean Logan is obsessive with jealousy and Joe is obsessive with guilt. Both Joe and Jean Logan are obsessive about John Logan. The most important obsession to be cured is the obsession with John Logan. Joe, in explaining the science of the river to the children, comes to terms with his work as a science journalist rather than a scientist and ceases to view himself as a failure. Other obsessions which have lingered throughout the book are also cured. Throughout the novel, Joe has had an obsession with Parry and in this chapter, that obsession is resolved. Parry is only referred to as something from the past, which is no longer threatening Ithis along with a bloodstain on the carpet, was Parryis legacy). Chapter twenty four is also purifying in that the presences which haunt the novel are almost forgotten. Joe and Clarissa are so nearly reunited in this purifying chapter. This would not have been possible if Joe and Clarissa had not endured the tension.
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