Short Story, Why honey, written by Raymond Carver in 1970, is a about a single mother and her son, who start to diverge from each other after many lies and excuses the son has concocted. The unwholesome story can evoke plenty of different opinions, but the main subject I noticed was the secretiveness of the characters, whose life the story was about. Their names were not revealed, as well as many other pieces of information were left out. So, it might make one think, why did the son lie, who sent the letter and much more. This pondering compelled me to fill in the gaps in the story to explain the events. At least partially. Eventually, I came up with a conspiracy theory that the story was not fiction but based actual events. And, it was not based on just someone’s life, but the author’s himself. The theory inspects the background of the …show more content…
Well, during the teenage years of his, he had lied to his mother to cover that he had been in a school dance. According to my theory, he got middle of a teenage pregnancy drama. When the baby was born, got he a name Raymond. The son in the story managed to keep this baby as a secret since the newly birth given mother fled with the baby, because she couldn’t bear the shame and wanted to start a new life with Raymond. Later she met her new husband, but when the time went by, he became violent and an alcoholic. The mother was too afraid to leave him, and eventually the abusive man became the father of Raymond Carter, although not biological. Meantime, the real father pursued his own life, and became the Governor. After many years, the mother of Raymond told him about his real father. Nevertheless, Raymond didn’t want to meet him, as he felt like he had abandoned him, but he still was curious about his family, so he sent a letter to his
One of the characters who was a major influence in Ricky’s life is his mother. She is a very strong willed and opinionated person. As Rivera points out at the beginning of the novel “I am still amazed that I really don’t know who this woman is. None of us do. My brothers and sisters have conflicting fictions of where Chero is from, but we agree that if we could just pinpoint an exact geographical moment of being, we could start to figure out mother out.” (3) The author reflects on his respect for his mother when he writes about her determination, her purpose, her willingness to confront bosses, teachers, neighbors and husbands even as he states “to this day I still wonder who this woman is.” (10 )
Chris McCandless’ relationship with his father was not ideal. Built up resentment caused by unfaithfulness to his mother caused Chris to cut ties with his father. For most of Chris’ life, his father played
- Youngest of three children, grew up in Frankston and Mount Waverly area. - Was spoiled as a child. His mother (Merle) was overprotective, father (George) was a perfectionist. - Stabbed neighbor at age 15, caught peeping through bathroom window at woman at age of 18. -
As Rob’s Dad gets to hear everything that Rob was trying to hold in, from the loss of his Mom. His Dad understands and has the same problem holding back his emotions of the loss of his wife, and how it impacts Robs
...his father had acted the way he did, which caused him to be committed. He was facing the same experiences and the same side-effects his father once felt. However, faced with this dilemma between acceptance and equal power, Baldwin looks to the only man he can trust to help him, his father. He trusts his father because he knows that his father went through the same dilemma he is going through, he has seen the same affects in his father’s rage and hate. However, his father already passed away, and what help that could have been gathered from his father is gone; Baldwin can only piece together his memories of his father’s character and life and compare it to his own to see how the two are really alike.
Even when examining Anna’s early relationship with Jeff, when she arranges for him to come up on weekends with Chuck. He protests saying, “Jesus, I don’t even know the guy…why didn’t you call me first” (Wallace, 315). Her insecurity about whether or not Jeff would come up on weekends without this convenience allowed for a lack of communication of feelings between Jeff and Anna. However, of more importance is Anna’s lack of communication with Peter. A large part of what makes Anna herself is her ability and love of creating stories. When her husband does not share this, Anna finds this challenging, and lets it become a barrier for communication. “His face set in the pained expression he wears for conversations like this – “What ifs” speculations. When Jennifer and I sit in a restaurant making up stories about the people around us, he closes his eyes, just as he’s doing now” (Wallace, 317). Peters almost dismissal through the closing his eyes of Anna’s love for story making allows for a distancing and ultimately a deep seeded feeling of isolation and
The man then pulled a gun and assaulted the boy, he didn't shoot him but by forcing him to lie on the ground while he raped and sexually assaulted the young girl. Three weeks later he is pulled over for running a stop sign. Then the park ranger noticed a resemblance between Raymond and the sketch of the crime. When the park ranger brought him in a couple days later in 10-15 minutes the kids pick him out as the guy who did it("Raymond Towler"). Lastly he is exonerated after serving 30
How a death squad came into her house one night and took her family, except her because she hid in the closet like her father told her too. Later she escaped to the neighbor’s house, where the neighbors took her and arranged people to sneak her out the country. Because her father was an editor her father thought that they had so much influence that they would be safe. She never saw her family again. They disappeared.
This article is about somebody else’s family mystery and somebody else’s journey, but Copeland makes us feel as though we are a part of it. The article is filled with facts and information, but Copeland doesn’t overwhelm us with it. She makes the article interesting; she uses diagrams and pictures to help explain things, or
Last but not least, O’Connor confirms that even a short story is a multi-layer compound that on the surface may deter even the most enthusiastic reader, but when handled with more care, it conveys universal truths by means of straightforward or violent situations. She herself wished her message to appeal to the readers who, if careful enough, “(…)will come to see it as something more than an account of a family murdered on the way to Florida.”
Over the course of several months, August guides, teaches, and helps Lily to accept and forgive herself. August once knew Deborah, and she knows that Lily is her daughter, but she does not confront Lily about the issue. Instead, she waits until Lily puts the puzzle pieces together and discovers for herself the relationship between her mother and August. August knows she is not ready to learn the truth about her mother when she and Lily first meet, so she waits for Lily to come to her. When Lily finally realizes the truth, she comes to August and they have a long discussion about Deborah. During this discussion, Lily learns the truth about her mother; that her mother only married T. Ray because she was pregnant with Lily, then after several years she had enough of living and dealing with T. Ray, so she left. Lily is disgusted by the fact that her mother would've done something like this, she did not want to let go of the romantic image of her mother she had painted in her mind (“‘The Secret Life of Bees’ Themes and Symbols of The Secret Life of Bees). Lily struggles to stomach the fact the her mother truly did leave her and she spends some time feeling hurt and angry, but one day, August shows her a picture of Lily and her mother. As Lily looks at the picture she is comforted and thinks, “May must’ve made it to heaven and explained to my mother about the sign I wanted. The one that would let me know I was loved” (Kidd 276). Seeing
The next father that Michael Chabon introduces is Nicky’s father. Nicky’s father shows affectionate towards his son, but he also possesses the ability to be stern. During the story you find out that he and his wife lost their little girl at the age of 17 weeks. Through the mourning of the death and trying to move on from the situation, Nicky’s mother suggests that Nicky and his father go pumpkin hunting for Halloween.
In the story “Two Kinds”, the author, Amy Tan, intends to make reader think of the meaning behind the story. She doesn’t speak out as an analyzer to illustrate what is the real problem between her and her mother. Instead, she uses her own point of view as a narrator to state what she has experienced and what she feels in her mind all along the story. She has not judged what is right or wrong based on her opinion. Instead of giving instruction of how to solve a family issue, the author chooses to write a narrative diary containing her true feeling toward events during her childhood, which offers reader not only a clear account, but insight on how the narrator feels frustrated due to failing her mother’s expectations which leads to a large conflict between the narrator and her mother.
The father is the town’s doctor, his name is Doctor Lester Cochran. He sees to the ill and dying, as well as pregnant woman to help with bringing new life into this world. He is seen as a cold hearted man to his daughter who hardly knows him. He is quite and emotionless with a bunch of hidden secrets (English).
The story opens with the boy, whom to this point had ignored his mothers coughs, drops everything to rush to her aid as she “collapsed into a little wicker armchair, holding her side”. (O’Connor 206) As he watched his mother struggle trying to light the fire he told her, “Go back to bed and Ill light the fire”. (206) Now to this point, as the reader, I am unsure of the age of the boy, but I get the impression that he is a young boy. My idea of this boy is that he tries to take on too much throughout the day and eventually it was the demise of the opposite sex that eventually caused the meltdown of the “awesome” little boy. This is certainly something that will happen again to this young lad but he has definitely learned his lesson this time.