An Unhappy Relationship Between Parents and Children in the Red Ball
Khan conveys how the story, Red Ball shows an unhappy relationship
between the father and Bolan in several ways. Firstly, through the
contrasts of descriptions and the use of language. Secondly, through
use of themes and characterisation. It is very clear that the
relationships in Bolan's family are unhappy.
Khan makes these ideas clear through a variety of techniques. Firstly,
he contrasts the differences between Bolan's house with his bowling
skills in cricket. Bolan's family live in a place like a prison or an
army camp. Bolan's house is described in very negative terms. Bolan
house has a long "tunnelled" gateway, and as Bolan walked to the far
end there is a "deep backyard', there is also a "last barrack room"
close to the "high wall". The description of Bolan's house is full of
darkness. No one will be happy and having freedom in the prisons and
army camp. That is may be one of the reasons why the relationship is
unhappy. On the other hand, Bolan's bowling skill in cricket is
described as very positive term. Firstly, he is "moving along like a
feather", he delivered the "red shooting ball that turned pink as it
raced to the batsman", and the cricket ball "swung high into the air".
His bowling movement is described that he is have freedom and
happiness.
Secondly, he is described that he is graceful. "His long thin body
arched like a bow". The juxtaposition of these descriptions highlights
the darkness and unhappiness feelings in Bolan's house against the
happiness and graceful that Bolan is having when Bolan is bowling.
That is also shows that he is havin...
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...ist about the father and the male
statue. Bolan Dreamt that the statue can talk, and the statue says,
"we love you like nothin' else in the whole whole world." However,
when he wakes up he notices that his dream is true but the words were
said in his father mouth. That's shows that the father loves his son,
but he find it difficult to show and expressed his felling. Therefore,
the story blames the statue as Bolan's father.
In conclusion, the Red Ball shows us very clear that the relationship
between Bolan and his father is unhappy. The move from Tunapuna to
Port of Spain didn't change the life of the family a lot. Moreover,
the poverty does give the family much unhappiness. The story also
blames Bolan stole money, the suffering, time, Bolan and the statue
for unhappiness. Finally, we know that the father loves Bolan.
he comes terms with himself and realizes that the fantasy of being the catcher of the rye
prophecy and left home because he loved his foster father who he believed to be
the dream, in the end, he is left dead and without the hope of winning
as the town people called him, was a dreamer, he wanted others to dream with him
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