Fenstad is very concerned about his mother and her old age. You can tell that he is worried that his mother might be depressed or experiencing memory loss. Fenstad was worried about his mother so "Quickly he checked her apartment for any signs of memory loss or depression. He found none and immediately he felt relief." (Paragraph 5) Specifically this reveals how worried he really gets and how much seeing she was fine calmed him down. he just wants her to be happy. Fenstad has to help her out because her old age has affected her physical ability to help herself to do things. Since he loves her so much he willing do help her in any way possible; "He held his mother's elbow from the car to the

the relationship that existed between Fenstad and his mother in the essay, "Fenstad's Mother," by Charles Baxter was at times peculiar but still loving, They did not agree on most things and had arguments about different issues but there was also times when the reader could tell that they admired each other and wanted the best for one another. Through their unique relationship Fenstad and his mother still showed how they were concerned, cared and wanted to please each other any way they could even is sometimes conflicts would arise that would only let them learn more about one another,

Fenstad and how mother's love for each other are shown in many other ways. When she went to his class for the how to papers she was taking notes and participating with the class. This time her reaction was, "What a wonderful class."(Paragraph 84). She has felt differently about the way this class had gone. Fenstad took her out for tea again and told his mother that he was going skating after with the pharmacist because they both liked it. That was when Susan noticed his mother sitting alone on the bench. His mother told him, "I thought you'd look happy, and you did. I like to watch happiness, I always have."(Paragraph 92). She does want Fenstad to be happy, maybe to make up for her own unhappy life. She said before that you don't have to be with the one you love, and that you will eventually find something bad in everyone. He marriage might have been unforfilling and by watching her son be happy makes her happy. She cares about him and now was learning to understand about his new relationship with Susan. When she got sick with bronchitis, he went to see her every other day. She became happy when she discovered her unique problem, which was she never heard enough jazz. In class she had made friends with a man names Harry who introduced her to Jazz. She explained to her son, with "her eyes still closed, not needing to see her son"(Paragraph 102). what her and Harry were listening to. She always watched Fenstad be happy to make her happy but now she has found something other then watching people that makes her happy, the music. This made Fenstad very happy. Yet they still had disagreements on things and he knew this as the reader can see when the

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