Father Son Relationship

Keiko started out as being Henry's partner in serving food at Rainier Elementary. As time went by, the more they became comfortable with each other. They became best friends, and were always by each other's side. Despite Henry's father having a great disapproval for Keiko, it didn't stop them from being together. Although, one sad day, the American government ordered all Japanese American families to be relocated and put in internment camps, due to WWII. This meant Keiko and Henry would be separated. It came time for Keiko to leave, and she and Henry would never see each other again. Henry told Keiko, "I'll be waiting for you when this is all over" (232). Henry being the persistent boy he is found a way to visit Keiko and her family in the camp. Meanwhile, causing great turbulence between Henry and his father. His father put an end to the letters they were sending, and caused Henry and Keiko to grow apart. Henry grew up and learned to live his life without Keiko. Although, he thought about her constantly. Keiko changed Henry into becoming a strong independent man. Like the story of Romeo and Juliet, star cross lovers cannot be apart, so Keiko and Henry find their way together again in the

First of all, meeting MacLeod’s criteria for a “good” historical fiction”, Ford’s novel does not “make overt rebellion seem nearly painless and nearly always successful”. Ford displays this when Keiko is taken away Henry keeps some of her belongings safe under his dresser, as well as when Henry sneaks into two different Japanese internment camps searching for Keiko. Though this rebellion seems rewarded at first, as we continue reading we see how, by going to the internment camps and keeping Keiko’s belongings, Henry unknowingly starts a chain of events leading to one, giant consequence. Because Henry keeps Keiko’s belonging, and later writes her letters, his mother finds out and tells Henry’s father. Henry comes home one day and finds his parents at the kitchen table waiting for him with all of Keiko’s pictures spread all over the table. Because of this, Henry’s father gives him a choice: walk out the door and no longer be part of the family or stay and forget about Keiko. In the end Henry chooses to follow his heart and leaves his family (182-185). This forever affects the relationship between Henry and his father, even on his father’s deathbed.

First, by looking at the way Henry’s ethnicity played a large role in getting him bullied in school. Henry’s parents decided that it would be better off if Henry would go to an all-white school rather than a Chinese school. In the hope that, Henry would become accustomed to American culture. However, this resulted in Henry being bullied in school by all the white children and even the other Chinese in his neighborhood. Before going to school he would pass by his neighborhood where all the Chinese kids that were once his friends called him “white devil” and Then he would get to school and the white kids would call him “yellow” (Ford 39). Once they started to get all the Japanese and take them to the internment camps. Henry started to get bullied even more since several of his classmates thought he was Japanese American. Likewise, to Henrys ethnicity playing a large role for getting him bullied in school, his ethnicity also cost him the distant relationship with his parents.

Fathers and sons have special bonds that connect them in a different way from other individuals. Although they may not expose much emotion, respect and honor are key factors that link their relationships. Siddhartha and his father had a certain understanding towards each other. Siddhartha loved, feared, respected and was patient towards his father; an equal amount of these traits were reciprocated with the addition of understanding.

From a young age Henry was given the opportunities to become an American by his father. By sending him to a white private school Henry;s father hoped that Henry would be able to assimilate with Americans. In order to fully do this Henry’s father made a big change is his life by forcing Henry to only speak English and wear an “I am Chinese pin”. “No more. Only speak American.” This allowed Henry to practice his English so he could better communicate with Americans and show that he was not Japanese given that tensions were high between America and Japan during this time period. This happened to have a negative effect on Henry and his father’s relationship. Since Henry’s father didn’t understand English he could never speak with his own son. This broke the communication link between him and his father starting a series chain of events that would affect Henry greatly in the future. Adult Henry becomes fearful of the fact that he might

Family relations are complex, but none may be as difficult to navigate as the bond that exists between a father and his son. Even though the son becomes angry and displeased with his father, he is always able to come back to him, revealing the cyclic nature and the impacts of

Henry was born and raised in the United States. When he was twelve years old, he was “scholarshipping” in Rainier Elementary School, a “top white school” (Ford, 183). As the war progressed between Japan and America, his parents were desperate for him to become more “American”. As a result, they insisted for him “to stop speaking their native Chinese” and become fluent in English (Ford, 12). However, this created a problem, because Henry’s parents could not speak English, and they scolded him if he spoke Cantonese to them. Due to this, Henry had a difficult time conversing with his parents, which means that they rarely spoke with each other. Although his parents forced him to only speak English for his own safety, it ended up isolating Henry from his own family. They obviously could not form a close family relationship if they did not communicate with one another. Moreover, Henry befriending Keiko made the situation worse. His father could not accept the fact that his only son became friends with a Japanese girl.

One theme in The Road is paternal love; this is the relationship between the father and his son. Their bond plays a powerful part in the novel and impacts the decisions made during their journey. The two protagonists remain unnamed in the book, giving their familial relationship their full identity. This makes their relationship relatable to any parent and child bond outside of the novel.

Keiko asks a lot from Henry, but sometimes she asks too much which can put Henry and his family at risk. When Henry meets Keiko in the park she gives him something to keep. Keeping it could potentially cause trouble for the Lee family. She wheels over a red wagon containing photos and memory books, “These belonged to my family. My mother told me to take them into the alley and burn them….. I can’t do it I was hoping you might hide them for us” (Ford 95). Japanese-American families are burning their past in hopes that people will believe that they have nothing to do with Japan. They want to prove that they are American and loyal. Keiko cannot bring herself to do it, so she asks Henry for help. He agrees and takes them home because he loves her, and part of being together is helping each other out. In doing so, he puts his whole family at risk because he feels obligated to take the photos. If someone were to find those photos, Henry and his entire family could go to jail, making it difficult to keep. People do crazy things for

Being able to share this key belief with his father allows their relationship to continue to grow stronger.

Henry is a young Chinese boy living in the heart of a town where whites make up the majority of the population. When Henry was a young boy, his father made him go to Rainier Elementary, an all white school, where he worked in the kitchen serving food during lunch hours. This is where he met his friend, Keiko, who was Japanese. This was a problem because Henry 's father detested the Japanese. At first, Henry did not want to become friends with Keiko because of his father, but being with her everyday in the lunchroom made him think otherwise. Henry and Keiko became best friends. Sharing all of their secrets and past experiences. Henry would escort Keiko home everyday after school. Eventually, Henry started courting Keiko, and he fell in love with her. During the war,

A world once filled with Asian friends and neighbors crashes harshly as Jin is left stranded in a white dominated school. Stereotypes and teasing are quickly placed on him from his racial background. Still new to the area, Jin presumes, “The only other Asian in my class was Suzy Nakamura. When the class finally figured out that we weren’t related, rumors began to circulate that Suzy and I were arranged to be married on her thirteenth birthday. We avoided each other as much as possible” (Yang 31). Embarrassment clouds Jin as he realizes that he’s not like the other kids in his class. With distinct features and his native tongue, Jin felt like a reject surrounded by his Caucasian classmates. He was entirely alone amongst his peers, and he didn’t like that one single bit. In this way, it’s clear how both Junior and Jin felt like outcasts in these two oceans of white students and teachers.

As children we look up to our parents as role models, it is universal that we have the need to have them in our lives, to feel loved by them. They are the people who should be responsible for our upbringing and in molding the way we are to be as adults. The role of a parent is not just providing food and shelter but also providing a good example. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. There are parents who for one reason or another are not there for their children, parents who do not set the right example to their kids. In the story "Reunion" by John Cheever we see a perfect example of how a father does not step up to his role as a parent and the effect it has on his son. We see the need of

In this poem, Li-Young Lee uses point of view and diction to portray the complex relationship between father and son through the eyes of the father, both in the present and the future. The reader sees through the eyes of the father in this poem and accompany him on the journey of seeing his son in the present, waiting patiently for a story and many years later when he will someday leave his father. Lee utilizes point of view to show us the story through the eyes of the father. Not only does it show us the story but it also portrays the type of relationship that the son and father have with each other. In the present his son is but a mere child that is eager to have a story read to him, “the boy is here” and is “[waiting] in his lap.”

A father and son relationship is very important. It is the foundation for boys to become men. The article, “Why the Father Wound Matter: Consequences for Male Mental Health and the Father-Son Relationship”, by Eric D. Miller explains the concept of a father wound that can manifest in males due to a father neglecting or abusing them. Miller stresses that by becoming fathers’, men can overcome father wounds. He touches upon the idea of masculinity, and how it can be a factor to why there is sometimes a distant relationship between a father and a son. The “A Father’s Call: Father-Son Relationship Survival of Critical Life Transitions”, by Ivory Achebe Toldson and Ivory Lee Toldson explains the relationship between a father and a son from adolescent into adulthood. Lee who was the father describes his struggles through a divorce and how he stayed connected to his son no matter what occurred. Lee’s son Achehbe is also featured in the article and expresses the rough childhood he went through without his father being directly in his life. Together these two articles show that a father is essential to the raising of a boy because without one many form father wounds along with emotional problems.