Relationship Between Washington Square And Trouble With The Curve

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Washington Square & Trouble with the Curve Washington Square is a novel written by Henry James, published in 1880. It is a tragicomedy novel that tells about the conflict between a sweet, but stupid daughter and her unemotional father. The movie Trouble with the Curve was released in 2012 is a sports-drama movie, featuring Clint Eastwood. The novel Washington Square focuses mainly on the relationship between Catherine Sloper and her dad Dr. Sloper. He is a well-known physician in New York. He is an up and coming medical doctor, so it is in his nature to marry Catherine Harrington a wealthy young woman. Even though Austin Sloper is not independently rich, his practice is growing and he is highly looked upon on. Their first child is a boy; …show more content…

He is a scout for the Atlanta Brave baseball team. We understand early that he has a strained relationship with his daughter Mickey. He shows little interest in her life, and look upon her as a child. Even though she is a hard working lawyer, soon to become a partner in the firm. Gus is given one last job before he is done as a scout for the Braves. At the same time he discovers that his eyes are starting to fail him. He makes the trip to North Carolina, to scout on an amateur named Bo. Later that day his daughter shows up to help him scout. In North Carolina they meet up with former player scouted by Gus, named Johnny Flanagan. He develops a close relationship with …show more content…

Sloper and Gus is that Gus seemed to have shaped Mickey more as a person than Dr. Sloper. She loves Baseball and even states that she had the best seats in the house to observe and love the game. She is still mad at her dad for sending her away from him and the lifestyle he had around Baseball. She confronts him about her growing up without a mom and dad. How this has shaped her as a person, which might also be a reason why she cannot start a family or have a relationship. Which can also be traced back to Washington Square, where Dr. Sloper is seen as overprotective towards his daughter about Morris. It also seems like both Dr. Sloper and Gus wanted a boy instead. If you look on how Gus treated his daughter, brought her to bars and Baseball events. Mickey also addresses at the partner meeting that she is used to be around man and their

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