My Opinion About Frank O'Connors “My Oedipus Complex“

In Frank O’Connor’s short story “My Oedipus Complex”, we get a chance to explore the world of a little boy. In this story, Larry, a five-year-old boy obsessed with his mother suddenly sees a drastic change in his life when his father returns home from war. With abundant humour and considerable pragmatism, O’Connor depicts in this story the ‘Oedipus stage’ of a boy’s life alluding continuously and wittily to Freudian psychoanalysis.

The focus of the story is the relationship between Larry and his father. It is witty and ingenious in the way it depicts the oedipal phase. The conflict arises when his father comes back from the war. Larry views his father as a stranger who suddenl

“My Oedipus Complex” is a witty, humorous and above all a very enjoyable short story. In my opinion, it is one of O’Connor’s best. Not only is the story memorable for its ironical use of Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of the Oedipal myth, but is also captivating for the amused evocation of the little boy’s consciousness, and the subtlety with which O’Connor manages to sketch the larger background of the story; Irish life during and after the first world war.

The story is written by the older man who looks back and tells the story from the little boy’s point of view. The older narrator knows what the boy does not know. This gap creates an irony throughout the story. Larry thinks that he is in the right, never realising that he is the selfish

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