Another good character trait was that he was extremely ambitious usually he would pick out tasks that carried a significant amount of weight sometimes even he could not complete them. He was also very obedient to his parents even if it meant that he might miss out on something or if he might get hurt. (pg. 36) After all the problems that he had to face, he obtained a very tough character and learned to work together with his family. One of his most Christian traits was that he was a very giving and generous.
A man that had to sell himself to be successful, meaning he always knew what was the best for him. In his later years, my father became extremely difficult to be around. The more I didn’t want to pursue his dreams, the less he wanted to be around me. It’s hard to look at his life through someone else’s perspective, as I’ve only see my one distorted view of my father, of me not believing in the same things, not valuing the same things life has given us. My father started out a great salesman, with dreams and goals.
This is shown though his opening lines when he refers to Darryl as” Dad is the backbone of the Kerrigan family”. Another quote he makes is “Dad also had a way of making everyone feel important”. We see Dale without doubt, loves his dad. Steve, the second oldest son, seeks his father’s approval constantly and is always trying to help his dad with reading the trading posts, hunting for good deals and trades. This shows somewhat of his appreciation of his father and being able to connect with his dad on some level, when he asks his father’s opinion about the price being charged.
The play A Doll’s House is filled with unique and very distinctive characters. One in particular being Torvald, Nora’s husband, best friend to Mr. Rank, and a father to three children. Automatically, once we were introduced to Torvald’s character we knew he was always the power in his relationships, especially in his relationship with Nora. Our initial reaction of Torvald was that he was a seemingly nice man who cared for his family, and their betterment. While this is true, we soon began to see the negative connotations in his speech, which at times contradicted our views on how kind he was.
Apart from being with friends and achieving great things, he also recognized his efforts and became proud of the things he did. This also involved personal decisions whereby he considered them right. Such situations do not mean that there cannot be disappointments. Therefore, he was always ready for shame as well as trying to justify his actions to avoid punishment. Time seemed to be a factor that was never enough.
A father's influence on his son's personal development is often unseen but nonetheless real. How a young man treats and respects women, his mother is normally a direct connection with watching how his father interacted with his mother and other women. A young man will observe how his dad or positive male role model should deal with conflict and differences and how his dad interacts with other men. He will learn how men talk, how they relate with one another and how they deal with masculine issues. One of the most intriguing aspects of The Odyssey is the relationship between Odysseus and Telemakhos, his son.
Okonkwo was one of the strongest and most respected men in his society. Yet, he feared becoming an exact image of his father; therefore, embodying the values of manliness, he took on his own approach to life and how he dealt with problems in society. By adapting to his own deranged idea of masculinity he rejected everything that his father stood for, such as cowardice, gentleness, and laziness. Okonkwo stood for bravery, courage, hard work, and
Joe Keller is a man who loves his family above all else, and has sacrificed everything, including his integrity, in his struggle to make the family successful. In the first scene of the play, Miller presents Joe Keller to the audience as a “good guy”. At first he appears a likeable man who has made his own fortune. He is practical, a reasonable father and a considerate husband. He lacks education but is perceptive, additionally a good business man.
This gives us the impression that the narrator feels like his father is very strong and experienced at his job. This is stressed by the fact that a lot of positive adjectives about his father’s body are used. An example is that he describes his shadow as ‘broad’ and his shoulders as ‘globed’, which both give us the feeling that he has a very big build and is very strong. We perhaps get the feeling that the father is amazing at what he does due to the fact that the narrator describes what he used to be like and then what his father used to be like. It’s as if he is saying that he was useless and always relied on his dad, whereas his father was doing a great deal of work while maintaining his role of a father.
In a modern wealthy life, this would have been merely a simple problem. However, because of their situation, this erupts into a huge, complex problem. Both Babamukuru and Nyasha had a chance to grow a healthy relationship, but the combination of both their personalities and their environment lead to a breakdown of their familiar ties. Babamukuru is a man who was given opportunities, which he considers forced charity. Being a man, he is forced to shoulder the responsibility to lead not only his immediate family, but that of his extended family as well.