My Father And Father In Sarah Vowell's Shooting Dad

Shooting Dad, by Sarah Vowell, is a story about the author's relationship with her dad, herself, and guns. Not being a huge fan of guns, as much as her father is, she continues to live with her father in a "divided house,'' confirming that one of them is republican and another is democratic. Instead of the author starting off the story with " i am a gunsmith's daughter,'' she created a short explanation of both point of views, herself and her father, allowing the audience to have a better understanding of the situation. This , of course, is effective to the reader to capture a sense or feel into what the author is trying to express with statement as '' a home for the civil war'' or ''hunter's orange was never my color.''

Both “Arm Wrestling with My Father” and “Shooting Dad” written by Brad Manning and Sarah Vowell, respectively, portrays a damaged and rough relationship that a son and/or daughter holds with his father. Although they both find themselves struggling, they are dealing with different things, Manning is dealing with a physical bounding, while Vowell finds herself handling a more emotional and communicative type of bonding. Eventually, both characters find themselves in a mature relationship over time. The characters had similarities and also differences with their respective father. Throughout the stories, both authors dig into the relationship between child and father and how it can be shaped and changed over time.

Sarah Vowell’s essay, Shooting Dad, is a story about how Vowell does not see eye-to-eye with her family. Vowell is interested in music while her dad is interested guns. Vowell is predominantly Democratic and her father is Republican. Even though Vowell’s father is on the different end of the political spectrum, they are both very patriotic. Vowell takes the First Amendment to heart while her dad lives by the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. Vowell’s father is also a gunsmith, so guns have become his lifework. When Vowell and her sister Amy were both younger they shot guns for their first time. In addition, Vowell doesn’t have the same interests as Amy. When Vowell and Amy shot the guns, Amy enjoyed shooting the guns and Vowell wanted

She shares her thoughts of seeing the gun as a killing-machine, while her father sees them as her favorite tool. This proves that Vowell had always been tough minded the moment she had her hands down and decided that guns were not for her. Where else, her twin sister, Amy, shares her father’s enthusiasm for firearms, making her feel sort of like and outcast in the family. Later in the story, Vowell realizes that they do share some similarities, although both of them have totally different passions. This was shown by her during the event of accompanying her dad to shoot off his dad’s cannon at Montana. She later finds out that she “…was no longer his adversary” (SV 139) and stated that she “…was his accomplice” (SV 139). She depicts the irony of the whole situation by admitting to readers that she was indeed, liking it. “... what’s worse, I was liking it.” (SV 139). She also compares the loud sound of the gun when she was little to the sound of her dad’s cannon and finds herself finally embracing her dad’s passion instead of rejecting it like before. When her dad dies, Sarah vows that she is willing to embrace her dad’s death by shooting his ashes off from his cannon during the start of Hunting Season. In the story, Sarah proves to maintain her independence, personality and characteristics-wise. For Sarah, the occurrence of that somewhat meaningful event in her

Sarah Vowell writes on her life being with an obsessed gun holder dad and having a relationship where they do not have anything in common. She talks about the division in her house when she is a democrat and her dad is a republican, this provides a reader an understanding that this is a major difference that Vowell and her dad have and it affects both of them at home. With the use of juxtaposition she says it in a clear tone

The movie Dad is centered around a father and son pair, who are brought together and go on the journey of mending their dilapidated relationship. In addition to this struggle, there are several other dilemmas that both characters must face. These challenges can be identified using Erik Erikson’s eight crisis. As an elderly man, Jake lives every day relying on his wife, Betty. He is not happy with his current life and often gives up before even making an attempt. According to Erik Erikson, Jake suffers from being stuck within the autonomy vs shame and doubt phase, as well as, the integrity vs despair phase. Later on, Jake also encounters the crisis of identity vs role confusion. Jake’s son, John, is in a completely separate situation. As a successful, wealthy businessman, Jake is completely independent, however he struggles to maintain healthy relationships with his family. Throughout the movie, Jake must learn to give back to his parents, as well as, his own son, Billy and recognize what is truly important in life. In Dad, Jake must face the crises of Intimacy vs. Isolation, generativity vs stagnation, as well as, Integrity vs Despair. As both Jake and John are brought together they must resolve their personal dilemmas in order to live truly fulfilling lives.

The father and son also have comparisons in their character, they have similar characteristics when it comes to being sensible. An example of this is when, the boy and the man come across a cannibal's lair. In this they find people being prepared to be slaughtered and eaten. In this instance both the man and the son fight to get out of the lair. They both feel the same sense of danger and unease proving that they compare to each other. Another instance of this is when the boy and his father come across other survivors walking along the road with weapons and a pregnant woman. This chills both of the characters and they hide and wait for

In Johnny Got His Gun, Trumbo illustrates the relationship between a father and his son as it changes through an internal transition that occurs in the son. The son’s natural and universal transition is conveyed through the nature of the campsite. The fishing rod symbolizes the close relationship between the father and the son, and illustrates how two people can grow apart physically while still preserving their tight bond with each other.

For example, Lorraine's mother always tells her “you’re not a pretty girl Lorraine.”, she also always calls Lorraine fat and ugly. Lorraine’s mother does not set a good example for Lorraine because she bullies her. Another example is John’s father likes to lie which rubbed off on John, one time John’s father went around bragging how he phonied up a car insurance claim to get a hundred dollars to replace a piece of aluminum on their new car, which he had really replaced himself. John’s father taught John that lying was not bad without even knowing. John’s family also had other issues because John’s father was an alcoholic and did not care if John drank beer. John was not old enough to drink beer but his father did not care because he was an alcoholic. Both families show that they have bad family values because they are mean and

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road tells the journey of a man and his son to seek refuge in the South. Just as the man and the boy escape their post-apocalyptic dystopia, my parents escaped their home country of Vietnam from Communist forces. My parents can be compared to the boy in the story because they began their journey at a young age. As young children they had to fully understand the severity of their situation and mature early in order to comprehend what was occurring around them. My mother, father, and the boy all encountered obstacles and had to overcome blank situations. Although my mother and father have two different stories, their stories can be juxtaposed to that of the boy’s and many similarities can be found.

The line between being an acceptable and unacceptable parent is often blurry and is seen on different perspectives when it comes to class, culture, and generation differences. Based on the two stories of Amy Tan’s, “Two Kinds” and Tillie Olsen’s, “I Stand here Ironing” we see these two perspectives that derive from different maternal upbringings of the children in the stories. What is found between them is the conflict of being too little or heavily involved in a child’s life has had more negative outcomes during their childhood than positive.

How would you react if a major conflict was created by your father? In “Father” by Alice Walker it shows how the relationship between the narrator and her father had a negative impact on the narrator.In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini it takes place in Afghanistan, and compares the relationship between the narrator (Amir) and his father. The narrators in both literary selections relate the events about their journey in the form of conflict shows parallel plot,which builds tension.

As I watched the young man I tried to relate it to my childhood days and how I was raised. My mom never treated me that way and I do not feel like I was an embarrassment to them; however I do not recall everything I have done as a child. My dad was more that type of parent than my mom. I have to say things are different today with how children are raised. I had my mom and dad and I know today that is almost rare. Even with my grandchildren the two older have their dad and a stepdad. I do not know what they go through in that case. I am sure it changes things for

During her childhood, Myra loved her family and all of the quirks that made them unique. She did not see her family as weird because she did not have any experiences with other people or families to compare her family with. She did not know that some things that were normal and acceptable to her family were not the same to others. However, Myra’s attitude change as she entered middle school and noticed her family’s peculiarities when she compared them to the standards of normality that she encountered. She realized how different her family