Compass And Torch
Compass And Torch
The worst thing you can do is to forget your child, not physically forget it in the supermarket, but mentally forget it. The worst thing is to forget to take time of with your child, listen to it and talk to it. Show them that you are there for them and only for them. Some people never learn how to talk to children, even though it is their own children, but it dose not mean that you cannot listen to them and pay attention. Sometimes it is just as important as talking.
In this short story the main themes are: a dad who loves his son, but show it on his completely own way. A boy who almost desperately craves for his dad’s attention and a typical strained relationship between a divorced couple.
We never get to know the little boys name he is just been mentioned as “the boy”. He is eight years old and live together with his mom and his stepfather Jim. When “the boy” was seven his parents got divorced, and now the boy does not see his dad that often. It is like he has a kind of strained relationship to his mothers “new” boyfriend Jim. “The boy forced himself to put the torch into Jim’s … hand” when he use the word “forced” it is like he does not trust Jim to carry this torch and when the boy forces himself to recognize Jim’s kindness and affirmation … and then the boy think “But he is not dad”. He knows that Jim is there for him, and pay attention to him, but he should not like to think that he is the little boy’s dad. And therefore their relationship seems to be a little bit difficult seen from the boy’s sight.
The relationship between the boy and the dad is not a normal father son relationship. First they do not see each other very often and second, when they do it is like the dad does not pay attention to his son. Sometimes he does not answer when his son asks for something and if he answers he answers with a very short answer. He is very snappy.
Even though he is very snappy and does not pay attention, the boy still loves his dad very much.
The worst thing you can do is to forget your child, not physically forget it in the supermarket, but mentally forget it. The worst thing is to forget to take time of with your child, listen to it and talk to it. Show them that you are there for them and only for them. Some people never learn how to talk to children, even though it is their own children, but it dose not mean that you cannot listen to them and pay attention. Sometimes it is just as important as talking.
In this short story the main themes are: a dad who loves his son, but show it on his completely own way. A boy who almost desperately craves for his dad’s attention and a typical strained relationship between a divorced couple.
We never get to know the little boys name he is just been mentioned as “the boy”. He is eight years old and live together with his mom and his stepfather Jim. When “the boy” was seven his parents got divorced, and now the boy does not see his dad that often. It is like he has a kind of strained relationship to his mothers “new” boyfriend Jim. “The boy forced himself to put the torch into Jim’s … hand” when he use the word “forced” it is like he does not trust Jim to carry this torch and when the boy forces himself to recognize Jim’s kindness and affirmation … and then the boy think “But he is not dad”. He knows that Jim is there for him, and pay attention to him, but he should not like to think that he is the little boy’s dad. And therefore their relationship seems to be a little bit difficult seen from the boy’s sight.
The relationship between the boy and the dad is not a normal father son relationship. First they do not see each other very often and second, when they do it is like the dad does not pay attention to his son. Sometimes he does not answer when his son asks for something and if he answers he answers with a very short answer. He is very snappy.
Even though he is very snappy and does not pay attention, the boy still loves his dad very much.