A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel

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was the cause of his
greatest loss, when his son died in a house fire while Murray and Lou Lees
were at the Tabernacle. This loss created a permanent distrust in religion
for Murray Lees, something Hagar also has. The loss of a child reminds
Hagar of the loss of her son, John, which allows her to trust Lees' opinion
of religion. Unlike Mr. Troy, who has only learned about suffering by
viewing it from the outside, Mr. Lees has life experience, and understands
what suffering really is. This creates an emotional bond between Hagar and
Mr. Lees, allowing Hagar to finally find someone who shares her view on
religion.
While Mr. Lees was a person that Hagar could identify with for
religion, during their discussion she also came to terms with the blame for
a son's death. When Mr. Lees tells the story of his son burning to death in
a fire, he says that he "can't figure out whose fault it could have been".
As he goes through a long list of people who were not actually to blame,
Hagar tells ...

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