# A Child's Amaze explained — Leaves of Grass

> Chapter companion for Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

## What happens

The speaker recalls a childhood memory of hearing a preacher describe God as contending against some being or influence, which left him silent and amazed.

## Character check-ins

### Narrator

Recalls childhood experience of hearing a preacher.

## Key lines

> Silent and amazed even when a little boy, I remember I heard the preacher every Sunday put God in his statements, As contending against some being or influence.

As a quiet, astonished child, I recall the preacher each Sunday describing God as struggling against some other force.

_The speaker reflects on a formative religious memory._

## Links

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