A second instance where dialogue was brilliantly portrayed was on page 392, where the paragraph began with “Victor knew… Thomas would remain the crazy storyteller who talked to dogs and cars.” What was poignant here was the untouched friendship Victor and Thomas left years ago. Thomas’ desire to go and bury half of his Father’s ashes shows his care and concern for his Father and his knowledge of what is best for his friend. True friendships can pick up wherever they left off and true friends never stop showing compassion for former friends, which is exactly what Thomas demonstrated in this passage. Thomas’ speaks highly of Victor’s father as seen from his dialogue which consisted of Victor’s father, “rising like a salmon and leaping over the
