Part Six
At the end of the story, Rosicky imagines the future of his children and hopes that they do not suffer like he did throughout the beginning part of his life. Rosicky goes to Rudolph’s farm to help him tend to the wheat. The strenuous labor causes him to have a heart attack, and Polly comes to Rosicky’s aid and calls him “Father” for the first time. She realizes that his gratefulness and compassion comes across as a love that no one has ever shown her before. Rudolph and Polly later take Rosicky back to his home, where he dies the next morning.
At the end of the story, Dr. Burleigh stops at the graveyard where Rosicky is buried to pay his respects. He reflects on Rosicky’s fulfilling life and how it “seemed to him complete and beautiful.”
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