Altar of the Family - Essay

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“The Altar of the Family” by Michael Wilding “The Altar of the Family” is a short story about a boy named David, who lives with his family in a small country town. They live a long way from the city, and when David has to go to school he takes the bus to get into the city which is far from where they live. David likes to be at home, but he does get a bit lonely as they live so far from society as possible. David was not allowed to play with the local kids from the city by her Mother. The only time David can play with a person on his own age is by playing with his sister, and her dolls. David has a mother, father and a sister. David’s father is a stereotypical man; with treating his son that feminine behavior is unacceptable and insulting against him and the family. If behaving in a wrong way, it hurts the family honor. Mr. Murray wants his son to be a strong, manly man, with the ability to provide and look after his family. Mr. Murray does not see David as a strong independent man, but more likely as a little wimp who cannot take care of anybody or himself. He is a bit harsh on David and treats him as an adult and he tries to form him into, that man he wants his son to be when he has to start a new family. He could hear the disappointing in the voice of the father. When his father becomes aware that David is playing with his sister and her dolls, he puts David down for engaging in feminine activities instead of interacting with boys his own age Page 46 line 13 from the button to the top, you hear that David’s father has a harsh tone in his voice, when David is playing with his little sisters dolls: “Damn grown boy playing with dolls”. When These negative remarks comes it makes David feel ashamed that he is letting his father down David is a quiet boy, who does not like to get his finger dirty. He is an innocence boy who does not want to hurt anyone. But one

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