Future Connecting By Edward Whitelock Summary
Is it wrong to want better for your child? This is one of the issues faced in Edward J. Whitelock’s “Future Connected By”. Throughout the poem we learn of a young boy’s admiration of his fathers’ work despite the father’s desire for a different profession for his son. As a parent your primary job is to prepare your child for how the world really works. The father only wants whats best for his child and i strongly agree with this descision. Based on my research and own personal expierence, I have found that Whitelock is trying to get across the two different perspectives of that of the young boy and the father. The father doesnt want his son to emobdy his profession as a welder. Whitelocks’ father states that his son is “too smart for that”
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That feeling that tells them they’re headed in the right direction. As a parent you want to see your child do bigger and better things than yourself. You want them to never make the mistakes you have and want them to be more successful than you could have imagined. Whitlock’s father is a welder, who depends on his labor as a means of work, this is exactly what he does not want his son to have to go through for a living. He tells his son he wants him to, “make it with your head, not your back”(Whitelock 142). Parents work hard to provide a stable living condition for their children, they strive to give them everything they need. Some of Whitlock’s poems focus on the working class, from which he was brought up in, this shows us a childhood from that perspective of a child of less fortune. Whitlock’s father knows that by his son going to college and developing his skills, he will become a better man than he is and will provide a better life for his children. Whitlock’s father just wants his son to be successful, just as every parent should want for their children. Parents want to give their children a more positive experience than what they may be dealing with at the time. I believe it is not wrong to ever want your child to have a better
That feeling that tells them they’re headed in the right direction. As a parent you want to see your child do bigger and better things than yourself. You want them to never make the mistakes you have and want them to be more successful than you could have imagined. Whitlock’s father is a welder, who depends on his labor as a means of work, this is exactly what he does not want his son to have to go through for a living. He tells his son he wants him to, “make it with your head, not your back”(Whitelock 142). Parents work hard to provide a stable living condition for their children, they strive to give them everything they need. Some of Whitlock’s poems focus on the working class, from which he was brought up in, this shows us a childhood from that perspective of a child of less fortune. Whitlock’s father knows that by his son going to college and developing his skills, he will become a better man than he is and will provide a better life for his children. Whitlock’s father just wants his son to be successful, just as every parent should want for their children. Parents want to give their children a more positive experience than what they may be dealing with at the time. I believe it is not wrong to ever want your child to have a better