When the son tells his father "he would remain with him as long as he lived" (235), you can tell the father finally feels like someone accepts him. ... The father had no idea what the son was thinking as the son never told him directly, but he just knew. ... The father's grim attitude vanishes in this moment, it almost seems as if he is trying to mask his happiness from his son. ... Instead of pursuing his own dreams, the son decides to abandon his dreams, in order to assist his father in dealing with his rough daily life. ... The son could have easily gone off and just fulfille...

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• Grade Level: High School

In these two characters of father and son we see a reflection of many modern day "broken home" situations. The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. ... In the father's defense we are left with a disclaimer that the father is only trying to institute a foundation of culture upon his son. ... It becomes easy for the father to not hold back in the presence of his son. ... The characters in this story show us the intense relationship forged by father and son. ...

• Word Count: 657
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• Grade Level: High School

In these two characters of father and son we see a reflection of many modern day "broken home" situations. The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. ... In the father's defense we are left with a disclaimer that the father is only trying to institute a foundation of culture upon his son. ... It becomes easy for the father to not hold back in the presence of his son. ... The characters in this story show us the intense relationship forged by father and son. ...

• Word Count: 657
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• Grade Level: High School

His initial reaction upon seeing him is one of joy and happiness as he is finally reunited with the father he had not seen for 3 years and the hopes he can rekindle the lost father-son relationship. ... His father seems to be trying so hard to impress his son that he ends up alienating him from his life. It is also interesting to point out that his father would rather drag his son to a bar rather than spend quality time with Charles. At one point in the story, Charles's father even tries to buy his underage son a drink which shows his father clearly has no sense of morals. ... I think the...

• Word Count: 542
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• Grade Level: High School

Dave's stereotypical father disapproves of his son's desire to become one of the leading cyclists, and reacts angrily to his son's bizarre behaviour, threatening to throw him out of the house. ... How will Dave reconcile his relationship with his father? This enigma is eventually resolved when Dave's father comforts his son, following the race with the Cinzano cycling team. ... Dave's father thinks his son is crazy: Mom: He was very sickly until he started riding around on that bicycle. ... Whereas Dave's mother seems interested, almost as if she wants to ...

• Word Count: 1720
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• Grade Level: High School

Although the story did show more of Matt's inner thoughts and feelings on a much deeper level then the movie was able to portray, it did not show much interaction between him and his son while he was alive. ... This made the connection between the father and son even more than what was read in the story. ... In the end, Strout was killed because of the love that will never be broken between a father and son, and somewhat between a husband and wife. ... I think when Strout wasn't actually trying to run and Matt shot him anyways in the movie showed even more of this hatred and even ...

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To her father, she represents the child who killed her own mother and took away her father's wife. ... Consequently, she turns to her son to provide her with the comfort and love she is lacking. ... She does not feel needed by her husband or her other children, so she nurses her son for many years beyond infancy to feel that she is needed, as mother, by her son. The fact that she depends so heavily upon her son reveals the numerous insecurities she has about herself. ... This name is very symbolic of her father's feelings toward her. ...

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The story starts out with characters Bobinot and his four-year-old son Bibi, giving notice to the huge storm clouds coming in from the west. ... It makes you wonder if Bibi was really afraid, but at ease by placing his hand on his fathers knee. This scene gave the reader a sense of a father and son waiting patiently to get home to there beloved one. ... Bibo was their four year old son , that seemed to be wise kid for his age. ...

• Word Count: 546
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When Rahim tells Amir the unknown truth that Hassan and himself have the same father, Amir is overwhelmed. ... Baba, Amir and Hassan's father, passed just recently before. Amir for a short while lost most respect for his father, as he wishes he had been so bold of a man to tell him himself. ... Evaluating the news, Amir eventually decides to seek after Hassan's son, who was just a boy. ... Amir becomes humble throughout the novel and grows to love Hassan's son. ...

• Word Count: 600
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• Grade Level: High School

David's father, Wes, is torn. ... At the same time, David's grandfather is an extremely powerful and controlling man who will not stand for having his favorite son imprisoned. ... "He had long since stopped being my father. ... By relating these events through the eyes of Wes's son, the coming of age story becomes the story of David's growth as he watches his father overcome his fears. ... David sees his father in a new light, as a man. ...

• Word Count: 924
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His father was a postal worker who was killed in an automobile accident. ... Rufus is an intelligent and sensitive boy at the age of six, but doesn't get the fully understand the concept of his father's death. ... Rufus and his father Jay first enter the novel when him and his father go to see a Charlie Chaplin film. On first hand we see Rufus's deep love for his father. The narrator tells us that Rufus sees that his father loves the silent companionship with his son. ...

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The sub-plot is about Gloucester's illegitimate son, Edmond, who plans to trick his father into thinking his other son Edgar is betraying him. ... Goneril and Regan's cruelty and ingratitude is apparent when they lie, disrespect, ridicule and throw their father into madness. ... Similarly, Edmond turns against Gloucester and Edgar in an attempt to gain his father's dowry. ...

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The story "Barn burning" seems just to be about a cruel father and a son who is in the grips of that cruelty. ... In this story, Sarty is faced with the decision of either going along with the views and actions of his morally challenged father or asserting his own morality and individuality by running away and leaving his family and his pain behind. ... After they get home, Sarty is asked by his father to go to the barn and get the wagon oil. At this point, Sarty realizes the dubious intentions of his father. ... I could run on and never look back, never need to see his face again" The fall...

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His real father died when he was four. His father is unsympathetic. ... His dad values money and tries to pay people off to protect his son. ... Shecker is very dependent on his father and now he stops impersonating his father. ...

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I thought "A Good Man is Hard to Find," a short story by Flannery O"conner, was a delight. There were many components that made this piece so great. Among these, the relationships of the characters and how they treat each other created a good base or backdrop for the story. The narrator, the gran...

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The short story "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather illustrates the problems of a young man, named Paul, growing up and taking on the responsibility of finding out who he is, and what he wants from life. The story contains many symbols, which add meaning to the story. Some of the major symbols present in ...

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The character I have chosen to discuss is Richard 'Dick' Thornhill, the 2nd son of William and Sal Thornhill. ... Richards's character started from shy, innocent and obedient to his father but as the story progresses Richard becomes more aware of the events occurring around him. ... This moment could potentially be another reason why Richard becomes estranged from his father. ... This describes the personal tension between Richard and his father, William. ... The author designed Richard to be one of the few people to be sympathetic towards them especially in the eyes of his fath...

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As Guest stated in her biography, she had become deeply rooted in her characters, seeing them fail in this novel would be like seeing her three sons fail in their lives. ... The other focus is that of Calvin, Conrad's father, who has succumb to grief after losing his first son and almost losing his second ("Judith Guest" 63). ... Unlike his wife, he places all his attention on his broken son which drives their marriage closer to its death. ... Calvin and Conrad continually blame themselves for all that goes wrong in life and cannot open up about the death of their brother or so...

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• Grade Level: High School

In "A Small, Good Thing," two parents order a birthday cake for their son who gets into a car accident the same day. ... In the story, Ann Weiss decides to order a birthday cake from a baker for their son Scotty's birthday. ... This caused her to miss her father and her mother too. ...

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Goldman fabricates a failing marriage, a troubled son, and legal issues in "William Goldman's- life. ... Goldman idealizes "William Goldman's- Florenise father as well as Florenise authors (p.8) who come from the mystical and mythical land in which the story takes place. ... The author even ends "William Goldman's- story on a somewhat happy note with the change for the better in his relationship with his son. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Louis on February 8, 1850 to an Irish immigrant father and a French Creole mother (Classicnotes 1). ... Shortly thereafter her father, Thomas O"Flaherty, was killed in a railroad accident. ... After a three month European honeymoon, the newlywed Chopin's returned to New Orleans, Chopin's new home, and shortly thereafter on May 22, 1871, she gave birth to her first child, a son. ...

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Otama's father had troubles finding a mate to marry his daughter, but one day he allows Otama to marry a police officer. So they marry but it turned out that the police officer have already a wife and a son. ...

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With utter disappointment in his son, he throws the girl into the prison and later orders for her to be buried alive. ... Some writers use this recipe in a family scenarios, where is there is a father who has abandoned a mother whose poor and scrapping through life and a band of six children ranging from the age of twelve to three. ...

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Biography Born in Clatskanie, Oregon, Raymond Carver in 1938, at the age of three with his parents moved to Yakima, Washington, where his father found a work as a sawmill worker. ... Carver was the son of a sawmill worker. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School