Transition Of Luis's Adaptation In Catch The Moon

His mother treats him like a slave, giving him daily chores and unbelievably ruthless punishments. He has become inhuman to her as she refers to him as “It.” The only hope of survival relies on his dad, in God, or in a miracle. His story promotes the courageous human spirit and the determinate to survive.

Conflict was used effectively in the short story to reveal the theme of the story. The boy has an internal conflict about which parent to stay with, and because his father left, he seemed to have favored him. He wanted him back so badly that every night, he watches him on the six o’clock news while wearing his old jackets. He was blinded by his father’s sudden departure that he forgot about what is really important. Additionally, another development in the short story’s conflict has been used effectively to reveal the theme. When the boy went to Macdonald’s to see his father’s true colors, he thought: “I finished my drink quickly, thankful that he had to be back in the studio for the news.” By the time he saw his dad for the first time in a while, he knew he was not the man he thought he was. At that moment, he also realized that he lost sight of what he had all this time: His mother’s unconditional love. If it wasn’t for the characterization of

Because the father was so involved with himself, he did not make the time or put the effort to develop a proper relationship with his son.

on going to the jail when he senses that his father may be in danger.

     By losing this father figure she was left to fend for herself and was virtually helpless.

Due to the circumstance that his father had faced which is why the father becomes who he is and the actions or the behaviors he portray towards his son. The speaker shows that despite the father’s inability to provide for him the speaker is able

had to raise his two brothers because their father wasn’t able to care for them after he became an alcoholic because of the passing of his wife.

The main character in the story is Juan. Juan is a slave that was born in Spain. Juan is a slave with a black mother and a spanish father. When his mother dies when he is 5 he is a little slave assistant type of person for a lady. The only things that Juan has left of his mother is an earing that his father gave to his mother as a gift that Juan wears all the time. His mistress taught him to read and write to her relatives. The plaque eventually spread and she died and he surprisingly survived the disease.

He liked living with his father because he didn’t have to do chores. He runs away because he is tired of always being locked up in that house, and he is afraid of always being locked up.

Also, after walking past a village, the son claims to have seen a little boy and begs his father if they can go back and get him. The man then says “Stop it. We can’t[,]” (McCarthy 80) and thinks that his son sees things. Again, the selfish desire to survive prevents him from helping others. He does not want to go back because he does not want to do anything that will risk their lives. The thirst for survival becomes greater than his conscience. Hence it prevents him from giving into his son. Another time this occurs is when the man and his son are robbed by a stranger. The man catches him and takes back their stuff, along with the thief’s belongings. The son begs the father to show mercy on the criminal, but the father does not care and so “they set out along the road south with the boy crying and looking back at the nude and slat-like creature standing there… Shivering and hugging himself.” (McCarthy 229).

This is very significant in this story, because the narrator also feels guilt for how his brother is turned out. We find out that the narrator had promised his mother to look after his brother but he abandons his brother in his time of need.

He was used to live in his brother’s shadow, but when the boat accident happened to them, he was the only one to survive. As he was always indentifying himself the less important one, he considered it was wrong that he was the one who would still have a life. As a result of nervous breakdown, he tried to kill himself with cutting his wrists in the bathroom, fortunately his father found out and save him. Then he went to the psychiatric for four months. When he comes back, there are still issues he needs to deal with.

hostile environment his father sought to escape. His mother betrayed him as she never embraced

he is estranged from himself. To help expand on this theme it is useful to look

They had a problem on the farm because there was no rain . Luis’s family sent him into town to sell the peppers , but he took in his drawings trying to make some more money for food . A guy bought a drawing of his and many more people did . He brought the extra money home and his whole family including his dad was very proud in him .