Julian acquires his power through putting others down, especially Wes; this causes Wesley to have a lot of animosity towards his father. The
However, Neil's strong drive for achievement is cut short by his father who has an overbearing influence and control over Neil's life. This control culminates when Neil ends his own life later in the film. Neil plays the role of the "dutiful son" in his uneasy and detached relationship with his father.The lack of affection is shown in Neil and Mr Perry's father-son relationship as Neil refers to his father as "Sir". Neil is a powerless figure in his relationship with his father and himself; this is particularly evident in the scene where Neil and his friends are acting defiantly by smoking and mocking the four pillars of Welton Academy. When Mr Perry enters the room, he orders Neil to drop the School Annual.
Other characters also help build a picture of Birling in the opening section. Eric's defense of the workers brings about a vicious verbal attack from Birling which pours scorn on Eric's lack of business experience and reveals his bitter feeling towards "public-school-and-Varsity" education. Priestley suggests he resents the advantages enjoyed by his son's generation and this helps the audience understand why later Eric says that Mr Birling is "not the kind of father a chap would go to when hes in trouble". At this point, Priestley has provided a picture of a self-important man who places his faith in technology and industry, who believes he can enjoy the rewards granted by the community while declaring that community spirit is "nonsense" and that a man has to "mind his own business and look after himself and his own". Yet Eric, at this start of the Inspector's chain of events' has already challenged his father's views, and later Sheila will do the same by recognising a shared humanity with the
Also, Grant used to be a very hostile man and he didn't care for anything but from visiting Jefferson he started to care about his life and the things in it, he dedicated his whole self to helping Jefferson become a man and he would get into arguments defending his choices with his aunt even if she was very important to him and they never fought. This is greatly shown when Grant is on a visit with Jefferson along with his aunt, Emma and the reverend Grant talks to Jefferson and tells him how he needs him and how he is someone who can do so much while he cant, then he began to cry. This shows how Grant wants to make a change in his life. Grant is a person who goes from being miserable and only cares for himself into someone who can love other things in life and fights for
His father however was much disappointed in his sons disability. Growing up Chris experienced numerous conflicts with being deaf. From meeting new friends, to trying out for sports teams, even expressing himself and how he felt to others. Despite all of this, and the issue with his father feeling that if his son were not able to communicate in the hearing world he would not be successful, Christopher was an excellent student. Graduating with honors he pursued a career in law.
The cruel society of Gattaca causes Vincent to realise that what you do determines your success in life. A close up shot is used when Vincent eventually leaves on the shuttle for Titan, he describes himself as “someone who was never meant for this world”. The entrenched nature of society’s discrimination makes his existence untenable. Even his own parents ignore him in favour of his genetically superior brother, Anton. However, Vincent doesn’t commit an act of hypocrisy in becoming a “valid”, instead he focusses on what can be done in order to succeed.
Confirmation to support this is when David reveals "did I wonder what might happen if I killed my uncle". David managed to see some good in people including his father. Watson demonstrates the life of David Hayden growing up, and realizing later what a great role model he had in his father. David saw his father as a weak man and he thought his perfect role model was Frank, which is seen as he said "not manly figure like uncle Frank". He felt let down in his father, as he didn't arrest anyone or carry a gun, "And that disappointed me at times".
Every time Chief witnessed his father drinking, he did not see his father “suck out of it, it sucked out of him” (Kesey 189). This made him lose faith not only in the power of his father, but himself as well. Given that Randle Patrick McMurphy, a fellow patient, helped Chief bring himself back to his tall and powerful self, it is clear why he would be biased towards McMurphy. Chief’s time on the ward had become so traumatic to him; he believed that the ward was “a factory for the
A father is supposed to be the pillars of the household; he’s supposed to represent the backbone of the family. Unfortunately for Mr. Hernandez who is fond of neglecting his responsibilities as a father has yet to mature and attain to the consequences of being all the contrary of what a real father should be. In the “Parrot in the Oven” a novel written by Victor Martinez, Mr. Hernandez is a Mexican father of three children married to a hardworking women looking for what’s best for her children while living in the projects, the lower economic side of town. His undesirable qualities are being too prideful, extremely selfishness, and irresponsible. He has become an alcoholic and doesn’t seem to realize how much he has affected his fatherly figure by destroying the portrait he once carried.
However, as I attend college and live by myself, I realized he was right to some extent, and his words came out because he also cared about my future as much as I do. In the movie Smoke Signals, Victor believes his father Arnold abandons him and does not love him. However, after meeting Suzy, finding the word of “home” behind the family photo, and the illusion of Victor’s father giving him a hand melt his heart, and Victor manages to accept and forgive his father. Through these events in the movie, I might look back myself and shadow myself onto Victor; this would be the reason why the process of Victor’s change caught