
Arvin said that was the best day he had with his father. Later that day, Arvin watched his father beat the hunters bloody. While praying at the prayer log in the woods, he and his son were interrupted by two hunters and their rude remarks. Willard, who had found God again, explains to Arvin the power of picking the right time to act on certain things. Emma fosters Lenora while Roy and Theodore go on the run. Roy, who has been bitten by a spider, murders Helen, believing that he will be able to resurrect her. A year later, Roy and Helen also have a child named Lenora. There he begins his life with his loving wife and their baby boy named Arvin Eugene Russell. Willard returns to Ohio and marries Charlotte. Helen fancies Roy and leaves with him and his cousin Theodore. As spiders crawl down his face, he shouts that he no longer has any fears. Roy kneels in the center aisle and dumps a gallon of spiders upon his head.

Two preachers by the name of Roy and Theodore, who have a peculiar devotion for the Lord, showcase how the Lord has taken their fears away. Attending church for the first time since coming home from war, Emma introduces Willard to the shy, gangly woman named Helen.

Willard has yet to come to terms with what he saw in the South Pacific, but he knows for sure that he likes the beautiful waitress he meant in Ohio. Praying that her son returns home alive, Emma makes a deal with God to have her son Willard marry a young woman named Helen, whose family perished in a house fire. The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock depicts a small community of church-goers and their faith in God in the rural setting of Ohio and West Virginia. Returning home from war, Willard Russell tries to find his will to pray again after seeing a soldier skinned alive and nailed to a cross.
