In “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” by Sherman Alexie, the relationship between Victor and his father was distant. When Victor’s father left the family, Victor had only talked with him on the phone few times over the past years. Victor felt the genetic pain of his father’s death. This pain that he felt was like a connection to his father, showing Victor that he did care for his father. The pain also gave him the responsibility as a son to take care of his father even though he did not h

In “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” by D.H. Lawrence the relationship between the parent and her children are very different from the other stories. The mother feels cursed by her children and husband. The children can feel the resentment and the lack of love from their mother. The mother feels that her husband is unlucky, so the son, Paul tries to win his mother’s love by gambling. Paul becomes so obsessed with his gambling to the point he dies from it. He tried so hard to win his mother’s love that it cost him his life. His mother may have showed a little affection towards him when she let Bassett in to talk to him, hoping that he would bring him back to consciousness.

In Alice Walker’s, “Everyday Use,” Maggie and Dee’s mother have two totally different daughters. Maggie is very shy and envies her sister. Dee is direct and confident in herself and what she does. The mother-daughter relationship between Maggie and her mot

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