Incredibly he has to fill these shoes of glory and honor which makes his goal a very challenging one. He still lives in his boyish phase in which he is questioning his next actions and whether or not his father is actually dead. However, Athena visits and speaks to him about the possibility of his father’s survival, and gives him guidance to his next move. From this action I can conclude that Telemachus still needs much advice on how to become a leader. What stands out as well is his position against his mother’s resentment of the bard’s song which entails of the heroes who fought in the battle of Troy.
When Elie and his father arrived at Birkenau, and women and men were separated, we can see how Elie still instinctively relied on his father. Like a son seeking his father for some sort of guidance and protection. After marching to their destination, prisoners were being directed to different areas based on questions being asked by an officer by the name of Dr. Mengele. Elie still wanted to make sure that his father was chosen to go in the same area as he was. My father’s voice tore me from my daydreams: “What a shame, a shame that you did not go with your mother.
However, the two most important instances were when he did not help Hassan during the rape and when he framed Hassan for stealing the watch and money. When Amir returns to Pakistan, Rahim Khan encourages Amir to find Sohrab from a war torn orphanage and says “there is a way to be good again.” Amir believes he can be redeemed if he can complete this task since Sohrab's parents were executed. Through the redemption Another example of betrayal and redemption is witnessed in Baba's relationship with his son, Amir. Baba is unable to accept Amir for who he is during his childhood. He is always comparing him to other boys and criticizing him for his shortcomings.
Each theme has its own road and ideas, but they all lead back to loss. The city of loss and the three roads, of fatherhood, betrayal and identity. The first theme road I'll travel down is fatherhood, and the role it plays in the character's lives during The Kite Runner. Hosseini has used fatherhood in a strong yet subtle way throughout the novel; Amir takes the obvious father son role with Baba and underneath is Baba's discreet fatherly leanings towards Hassan. From Amir's narrative view we see a boy who strives to be something his father can be proud of and a father who is disappointed in his son.
He returns to Afghanistan to free Hassan’s new son from the Taliban. Amir and Hassan’s relationship have been tested since childhood which leads them into numerous incidents that change their lives forever. The beginning part of the book explains how Hassan and Amir live in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. They are inseparable kids, though Amir gets jealous of Hassan because his father Baba cares for Hassan more than himself. Hassan is very loyal and will do anything for Amir.
The aforementioned texts honour this idea through the portrayal of familial relationships, as well as the plight of immigrants, communicating the journey an individual undertakes in finding a unified sense of belonging. Romulus, My Father explores the importance of Raimond’s relationship with his father in forming a connection to himself and thus his literal ‘home’. The connection between Raimond and his father is evident throughout the text, typified by Raimond’s idealistic narration. Romulus reciprocates these feelings, sententiously stating that “My son is everything to me”. However, this is undermined as Raimond grows and feels the need to form his own identity, rebelling against the world of his father.
In the book, Gary talks about how his television images motivates him to have a way out of Fresno and it kept him fighting to find away out of poverty. He fought for a place where he can plan his roots and be accepted for who is. Gary also had many family conflicts but the biggest one was with his step dad. Gary’s lack of education and being mistreated in school made him think that his future was going to be living in Fresno the rest of his life like his parents did. Gary wants to break away from poverty and keep the next generation out of working in the fields or factories.
Wesley lives under the shadow of his brother Frank and as the story progresses he is slowly escaping it. However, despite Wesley’s wilted physique and lack of superiority in the Hayden family hierarchy, he possesses a great deal of moral virtue and mental strengths. First of all, Wesley’s leg injury leads to other factors to develop Wesley as a better and stronger man. In his life he goes through many obstacles, such as his failure to go to war, and thus becoming the underdog of the Hayden family. 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).
Tsukamoto so vividly described, we see the struggles within the camp start to affect the Kawamura family; specifically this is shown through the decisions of the two older brothers. One of the brothers chose to join the U.S. Army. He felt very strongly and aggressively towards everything that had just transpired. He was an American citizen, despite his external appearance, and being brought and forced into this camp gave him a rush of patriotism and a controlling urge to show his family and the Americans that he was willing to fight. This brother was very affected by the camp and his mind reached a new level.
Spurgeon and his father ended up getting into a fight about his father leaving with his mother’s car. Spurgeon knew that he had to stand up to his father and he did so. “But it must be fighting, I tell myself, that decides what matters, even if you’re left on the sidewalk to discover that what you thought mattered means nothing after all” (101). This shows us that Spurgeon is willing to do anything to keep his father and this again is because he has such great desire to reconnect with Ray Bivens Jr. “I try to pull him back, begging in the only way you can beg without words” (100). Spurgeon knew that he should not have let his father get away but he was unable to stop