Pat Conroy's FictionLife Sucks. Humans are thrown into this chaotic existence without any idea of ​​how to act or what to do, and it shows in the way they act. Some people don't know how to accept praise; others cannot live without it; People everywhere are having trouble living with each other. If someone claims to have found a way to live, that same person is lying. If someone says they have found the best path for themselves, they are probably lying. With all of life's twists, turns, and twists, it is impossible for anyone to successfully navigate the river without breaking their bones and spirit. Conroy's works, The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, and Beach Music, are like an operating manual for a human life, showing how Conroy thinks some of life's painful situations can be dealt with. The path his characters choose may or may not be the best, and life probably won't turn out the way Conroy showed it, but his books prepare people for the other side of life. The themes of all three are intentionally universal so that people can relate to and be comforted or prepared, as appropriate. The fact is that Pat Conroy's books are distributed throughout the world and circulate through the arteries of this planet so that people can read them and be helped. Life doesn't always turn out the way it should. Sometimes good loses, and the best is he who begs. The Water is Wide is the story of abundant injustice. Although the story might have been more engaging if Pat had been able to stay on Yamacraw Island, and I certainly would have enjoyed it more if the superintendent had been beaten, this story would have been a false portrayal of reality, worthy only from a children's novel. collection at bedtime. I...... middle of paper......sic. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1995.- - -. The Great Santini. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.- - -. The water is wide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. Secondary sources Brigette Weeks. “Pat Conroy: At the Heart of a Family.” The Washington Post October 12, 1986: 1, 14. Burkholder, Robert E. "The Uses of Myth in Pat Conroy's 'The Great Santini.' » Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction, 21 (1979): 31-7. Landon C. Pat Conroy: A Critical Companion. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996. The Great Santini. Real. Lewis John Carlino. Perf. Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner. Warner Studios, 1979. Wick, Ted. “Another likely prospect for Hollywood.” Alberta Report, April 15, 1996: 40-42. York, Lamar. “Pat Conroy’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Southerner.” The Southern Literary Journal 19 (1987): 34-46.