In the excerpt from the letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son, he implies that he would like to advise his son and also reveal his own values. The author uses several rhetorical strategies throughout the text, such as anaphoras, rhetorical questions, and metaphors, which indicate his own values. Lord Chesterfield uses long sentences, separated by colons or semicolons, which may suggest he wants to advise his son in a quick, but friendly manner. Lord Chesterfield uses irony by when he first addresses his son, he does not “mean to dictate as a parent; only to advise as a friend.” As the letter continues though, he hints to his son that he is his father, and indeed he wants him to listen and follow to what he is informing his son of. The author also continues to explain to his son that he is “absolutely dependent upon him” and that “he neither had, nor can have a
This input from the boy helps build the father and son's relationship that the whole novel is based on. Another aspect of the father and son relationship is their love they have for one another. Many of the fathers actions help exemplify the love he has for his son. Throughout the novel there a countless number of times when the father puts his son before himself. For example, the father gives his son the last of the food and water.
Rahim Khan explained to Amir that Baba was Hassan’s father, which made Hassan Amir’s half-brother. “I have a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. But how could I pack up and go back home when my actions may have cost Hassan a chance at those very same things.”(238). This quote was said by Amir when he realizes that he has to return to Kabul and save Sohrab to make up for taking Hassan’s chances of having a good life. Amir finally agrees to return to Kabul to save Sohrab.
When Eggers tone isn’t adoring it can be very condescending of others. This shows through mostly when he is comparing his family consisting of Toph and himself to other more “traditional” families. He refers to himself and Toph as the model family, the new and better version even. He puts down other families’ ways of running their households and raising their kids while boasting about how wonderful he and Toph are. Eggers is very determined to make sure of this.
Do you understand?” This event serves a warning to Elie not to lose his sense of compassion towards his father so that they can remain close and continue supporting each other because without each other neither of them will survive. Therefore, through many actions, Elie and his father easily distinguish the connection a home and its owner may have. And though a homes purpose is to secure the soul of a family, it could also perhaps solidify the relationship between family
The first time a child leaves home is an important milestone in every family. This principle applies to even families belonging to the nobility in the mid-eighteenth century. In Lord Chesterfield’s letter to his son, he voices many opinions about him that many parents would like to say to their children even today. Lord Chesterfield skillfully uses subliminal messages in diction, humble concessions, contradictory language, indirect threats, and demoralizing lectures to impose his values on his insubordinate son. It is clear to the reader that his son takes his father for granted and the letter is a last-ditch effort by Lord Chesterfield to help him.
Although it all changes when Amir and Buba moves to America some of sins from the past still continue to haunt the future. At the beginning of the book we learn about the quote “There is a way to be good again,” said by Rahim Khan, which is already letting us know that Amir has done something bad in the past but there is a way in which he may find forgiveness for his sins. In the story the bad thing that Amir supposedly did was watching Hassan get raped. By this happening the guilt gets so bad for Amir that he has to find a way to get Hassan out of the house, he is just someone he cannot bear to see anymore. Amir ends up framing Hassan, saying that he was stealing his birthday money and a watch, once Buba has found out he has a talk with Hassan and Ali.
O’Brien is like a role model to Winston. He related to Winston over their common rebellious views. Which is like a father and his son, at a young age the son wants to do everything the father does, so that they have do common
How does Hassan try to rekindle his relationship with Amir? Hassan asks Amir if he wanted to go climb the hill with him. 5. Amir and his father are enjoying their new relationship until Amir asks him a question that angers him. What is this question?
|“Hassan never denied my anything.” (p.4) | | |Amir’s close relationship with Hassan, despite the obvious and |“There was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that not even time could | | |fundamental inequities in the relationship. |break.” (p.10). | | |Hassan and Ali’s living environment. |“Hassen and I fed from the same breast. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard.