Chapter Review And Essay Question

Question: Why wouldn't Homer want Elsie to know about Geneva Eggers even though she helped Sonny?

Answer: Homer doesn't want Elsie to learn about his son's encounter with Miss Eggers because, first of all, she is a woman with a repuation, and wouldn't be to happy to learn that Homer and Geneva have a history, even if it was just that he saved her. Geneva also sells moonshine, which parents generally don't approve of. I also think because he was the one that saved her from the burning house when she was little, but didn't see the rest of her family, he owes Miss Eggers something, because he could have saved her family but didn't. He was really unhappy with himself for not saving the others, and I don't think he wants people to really know that he let a big family die.