... have felt if his son had been nicknamed Sugarman instead? The importance of names is introduced even before the first chapter. The epigraph emphasizes the point:The fathers may soar / And the children may know their names.? As the epigraph usually means to enlighten the reader somehow regarding the novel, I believe we are clued in here as to the value of knowledge ... ...

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