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What Is The Theme Of The Story Called Fathers By George Norway

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The story begins with the narrator arriving at a small house in Jacksonville, Alabama to visit his father. As he greets his father he recalls past memories of when his father was healthy and can’t believe that he is now so old and frail. It is around this time that he states how even though he knows it’s the last time he’ll ever see his father he is unable to meet him in the eyes. The father, then, goes on to question as to why none of his other sons are there to see him in his last moments and the narrator hints to the reason being the neglect the father showed his sons and wife when they lived together. The son, however, does not tell him this because he realizes the toll life has taken on his father. After this the father begins to question the narrator what he has been up to, such as his school life, and while the narrator does respond, his father never talks about what the narrator wants to talk about. As the narrator prepares to leave his father gives him two gifts, a rifle and various kinds of books his father spent his time collecting, since his wife told him that the narrator liked books. The story ends with the narrator experiencing conflicting emotions on whether he should forgive his father or continue being angry at him. …show more content…

The piece was also exceptionally good because the author provided just enough detail to help the reader envision the story as they read. I also enjoyed how he allowed the reader’s imagination to fill in some of the blanks he left open, but tamed how wild the reader’s imagination got by directly telling or hinting as to what happened between the father and his

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