How could one stand by as their child, someone they nurtured and carried from infancy, was condemned and ridiculed for nothing beyond dreaming? At six, I was heartbroken for Despereaux and could not understand his quick forgiveness, the ease with which he uttered the words, “I forgive you, Pa.”Īt six, I was an incredibly angry child. I thought it was one of the most profound cruelties to ever inflict upon your own child. Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself.”Īt six, I could not understand how Despereaux could forgive his father the father who sanctioned his death in the dungeons the father who beat the drum announcing Despereaux’s demise. “And he said those words because he sensed it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. My love for the scene can be boiled down to one small excerpt: has touched me more than Despereaux Tilling’s final conversation with his father in Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux.
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