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Harry Hoyt
Harry Hoyt’s mother. A widow who later loses her son to the Vietnam War, Mrs. Hoyt protests against the war and tries to help other boys evade the draft. She also teaches John Wheelwright that criticizing a specific American president or policy is not anti-American or pro-Communist. She is unjustly fired for her political views and eventually moves away.
Mrs. Hoyt Quotes in A Prayer for Owen Meany
The A Prayer for Owen Meany quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Hoyt or refer to Mrs. Hoyt. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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Mrs. Hoyt was the first person I remember who said that to criticize a specific American president was not anti-American; that to criticize a specific American policy was not antipatriotic; and that to disapprove of our involvement in a particular war against the communists was not the same as taking the communists’ side. But these distinctions were lost on most of the citizens of Gravesend; they are lost on many of my former fellow Americans today.
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Mrs. Hoyt Quotes in A Prayer for Owen Meany
The A Prayer for Owen Meany quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Hoyt or refer to Mrs. Hoyt. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
Quotes
Mrs. Hoyt was the first person I remember who said that to criticize a specific American president was not anti-American; that to criticize a specific American policy was not antipatriotic; and that to disapprove of our involvement in a particular war against the communists was not the same as taking the communists’ side. But these distinctions were lost on most of the citizens of Gravesend; they are lost on many of my former fellow Americans today.
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