This embarrasses Gogol so he is constantly trying to compensate by blending in with Americans. One of the main issues holding him back from being Indian under the radar is his name. It is different and does not go unnoticed which is why he begins to resent the name, his parents for choosing it, and ultimately everything that makes him different from other Americans. This is the main conflict that hangs over the Ganguli household, but it is manifested in smaller day-to-day conflicts. Gogol is teased about his name, his parent’s want him to identify with an aspect of Bengali culture, but he resists, the parents want to visit India, and Gogol and Sonia complain and feel their summer is ruined, Gogol has romantic relationships that his parents don’t understand, and finally Gogol moves away and changes his name, and barely keeps up with his parents.
Larry does not want his father around and he wants to be his mother’s companion. This theory does not fit into the story because Larry does not want to kill his father, rather he wants his father to move out and leave their household. In the end Larry also feels bad for his father and wants his little brother to go away.
Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job. In the story, there are many reasons contributing to Jean’s feeling of emptiness and difficulty in her life. To begin, her husband, Ross feels as though he has married beneath himself, and he does not love her anymore. Their marriage was most likely caused by Jean getting pregnant with their son, which made Ross feel like he had to marry her out of force. In the story, Ross specifically tells their son, Kevin that he should try not to marry beneath himself because he will end up stuck in the same situation as him.
Nnaemeka marries out of tradition, where the father chooses who he wants his son to marry. His son chose himself and that is a great disrespect to his people. It causes pain and disappointment to the father. The father is in pain because he couldn’t believe his son went out of tradition and decided to marry someone of his choice. “..Father’s silence was infinitely more menacing than a flood of threatening speech.
His father put a lot of preasure on George and wanted him to be afraid of him as he was a afraid of his father. After the father dies, David is next in line for king, but he declined the position as the woman he wanted to marry had been divorced and a king is not allowed to marry a divorced woman, so he declined the position as king to marry her. After David, George was next and so he became king. World War 2 breaks out and King George is expected to make a very important speech out to the whole of England, it is his first as king so there is a lot of pressure. It is hard for him at first, but he gets through with the help of Lionel and everyone is there to congratulate him
After he and Soraya learn they are infertile, they discuss the idea of adoption with Soraya’s parents, but her father disapproves saying, “Blood is a powerful thing, bachem, and when you adopt, you don’t know whose blood you’re bringing into your house” (Hosseini 188). The irony of General Taheri emphasizing the importance of knowing whose blood is in your household and insuring its purity is that Amir didn’t know whom Hassan’s blood really came from. This is why, subconsciously, Amir isn’t as opposed to adoption as other Afghans. Also during their discussion with Soraya’s parents, Amir describes Soraya as being “tired, tired of it all” (Hosseini 186). Sohrab repeats this same statement while in the hospital, and both concern adoption.
Because my dad was too busy raising and caring for his own family, he did not give himself enough attention and as an effect to his diabetes, he became extremely violent, which almost caused my parents to divorce. This consequence would not have only affected my father but his entire family as well. It is from this experience that I learn to better self-assure my health and well-being. This, however, does not mean I do not plan to marry in the future, but from my experience I learn that I should also worry about myself. Judging from my past, I’ve decided that before I marry I will assure well standing health in myself so I can manage to have a less stressful marriage, making it overall, more successful.
The expectations set by each other of their father son relationship make it so that it is unobtainable to have the relationship each other want. Amir wants Baba all to himself in the novel and has trouble ac accepting the fact that’s now how it’s going to be. Baba does not value Amir because he is weak in his eyes. This relationship is dynamic in that it changes in the novel because they finally realize they only have each other after enduring tough tests along the way. Naguib the young boy in Half a Day has a different relationship with his dad than Amir to Baba.
The narration by James makes clear statement that his mother wishes him to be the mature man in the house. His mother pushes him to be the example for his siblings. For example, the eight-year-old James wishes his mother’s hug, but his inner voice stops him when he knows that his mother will not like the “crybaby” behavior. “She say that’s weakness and that’s crybaby stuff, and she don’t want no crybaby around her.”(paragraph 1) Not wanting to be a “crybaby” and knowing well that his mother cannot afford a trip to the dentist, James disguises and tries to conceal his pain from the rest of the family. The courage to suffer during difficulty that brings James up is from the exemplar of his mother.
They may not do it on purpose but whether they realize it or not, it can destroy their family. Fathers should not make their job too much of a priority because it upsets and affects the female parent, a father’s presence helps children’s development, and it can be bad for the fathers health. The biggest problem mothers have with overworked fathers is the lack of attention showed to the child by the father. “We have a one year old who misses his daddy as much as I do.” (healthboards.com). This was written by a female parent on healthboards website.