But, his dad was getting beat up and him or his dad could not move. And when his dad disappears over night, he did not care about life anymore. He cared for his dad to a great extent. Also, when the dentist wanted his gold crown out of his mouth. He did not want to go so he made up an excuse not to get it removed.
“A good idea to have separate rooms, we both agreed…” It seems as though the once couple has been reduced to just being roommates, but she is unwilling to let go of him. “I forget what it was to press my nose into your neck and breathe in your smell as I slept.” Regardless of how evident the end of their relationship is, the writer is still unwilling to accept the fact, and keeps reminiscing on the times she misses most, hoping she can maybe experience them once more. As undefined as a line that separates a sleeping leg, with flesh that still has feeling is, so is the line that determines when love is still alive between a couple, and when it is time to let go. As the story Dear Jack has illustrated, it is very difficult
All throughout the beginning of the play, she is nagging, forceful, manipulative, and seemingly free of a moral compass and conscience. Before the scene where the gentlewoman sees her sleepwalking and washing her hands, Lady Macbeth does not even exhibit an inkling of a guilty conscience. She never so much as sympathizes with her husband when he feels remorse about his murder. Then, suddenly she is stricken with overwhelming guilt that keeps her up at night. Contrary to this, Macbeth has a gradual build up of guilt that starts even before the deed is done.
Lastly, the fathers expectations of two characters does not align with the mothers, yet in one piece of literature the mother expected exactly what the father wished. The feeling of not conforming to societal and parental expectations and not being appreciated condemns youth into believing they are worthless and negatively affects their outlook on life. “Brother Dear” and “A Cap for Steve” both deal with the raw issue of parents not accepting children’s ambitions in life. The two main characters have different goals yet both goals resembled the life that they wish to live at that time. Greg, from the short story “Brother Dear,” does not desire to attend university and become a man of business yet that is all his father wants for him.
Confirmation to support this is when David reveals "did I wonder what might happen if I killed my uncle". David managed to see some good in people including his father. Watson demonstrates the life of David Hayden growing up, and realizing later what a great role model he had in his father. David saw his father as a weak man and he thought his perfect role model was Frank, which is seen as he said "not manly figure like uncle Frank". He felt let down in his father, as he didn't arrest anyone or carry a gun, "And that disappointed me at times".
Spiegelman felt he was always over shadowed by his father regardless of his own accomplishment because his father survived the war and he could not compete with that. He says “No matter what I accomplish, it doesn’t seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.”
The son always thinks that he is going to die, and the son is always afraid. His character starts off flat but then he progresses into a round character. He ends up “carrying the fire” which indicates that the son is willing to survive and “he talked to his father and he didn’t forget” (270) about his father’s belief. The son tells his father “you’re not the one who has to worry about everything” (259) shows us the transition of the son from boy to man. The father is a round character, he was complicated.
Salinger shows how Holden Caulfield follow a track of rejecting change, being lonely, and lying to the people that care for him. Throughout the novel Holden deals with his rejection of change. Holden does not want to change. He does not want to become an adult, but he rather want to stay as he is now a teenager boy. For instance when Holden went to the Museum
The tone of the words used in the poem reveals the father as a desperate man, struggling to please his son. The rash tone is specifically shown when the father is trying to stop his son from leaving. The father exclaims, “don’t go”, a venturesome attempt at making his son stay once his attempts at story-telling have failed. The father has failed in persuading his son to stay using normal means and had to resort to begging. The act of the father begging his son to stay show the father’s desperation and this act of rashness further shows the complex relationship that the father has with his son.
This is discovered when the patriarch, Julian Hayden, says to his son Wesley “Ever since the war…Ever since Frank came home in a uniform and you stayed home, you’ve been jealous” (118). This favoritism shows what little respect Julian holds for his younger son that stems from Franks dominance between the Hayden siblings. Wes is constantly put down because of his brother’s achievements; these situations can either make or break Wesley. In all families, there is a member who thrives on ‘power trips’, and in this specific situation, it was Julian, “He wanted, he needed, power…he was a dominating man who drew sustenance and strength from controlling others” (20). Julian acquires his power through putting others down, especially Wes; this causes Wesley to have a lot of animosity towards his father.