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The story "Father and Son" written by Bernard McLaverty talks about the relationship between a father and his son.
Father and Son” is a story about the relationship between a widower father and his teenage son. They live in Belfast, in a neighbourhood with a lot of violence. At night they can hear the sound of ambulances criss-crosses the dark. Both the son and the father are scared to sleep at night, but the son will not admit his fears to his father. The father is concerned for his son’s life. They used to have a good relationship. They went fishing, talked and laughed, and the father could put his arms around his son. But two years before this story takes place the son went to London and got mixed up with drug addicts. His father had to come and collect him, and help him back to life. After the son got back on his feet their relationship changed. Now the son will no longer tell his father how he feel, or anything about his whereabouts. When the father asks, the son answer in anger that it is not his business. He tells his father to leave him alone, creating a distance to his father. The father is disturbed and sad for the situation. At the same time he is also very scared that something should happen to him or his son. When the father discovers that his son have a gun in his bedroom he asks him what it is. The son answer by kicking the door shut in his father’s face. While the father is doing the dishes and watching the news, the doorbell rings. The son answers the door. A friend of him had come to visit. But suddenly there is a bang, and the father finds his son lying dead on the floor. Now he could put his arms around his son.

Faderen og Sønnen "er en fortælling om forholdet mellem en enkemand far og hans teenage søn. De bor i Belfast, i et kvarter med masser af vold. Om natten kan de høre lyden af ambulancer på kryds og tværs mørke. Både sønnen og faderen er bange for at sove om natten, men sønnen vil ikke indrømme sin frygt til sin far. Faderen er bekymret for sin søns liv . De bruges til at have et godt forhold. De gik fiskeri , talte og lo , og faderen kunne lægge armene om sin søn. Men to år før denne historie finder sted, søn gik til London og fik blandet op med narkomaner. Hans far havde til at komme og hente ham , og hjælpe ham tilbage til livet. Efter søn fik tilbage på hans fødder deres forhold ændret. Nu søn vil ikke længere fortælle sin far , hvordan han føler , eller noget om hans opholdssted . Da faderen spørger , søn svare i vrede over, at det ikke er hans virksomhed. Han fortæller sin far til at lade ham være , at skabe en distance til sin far. Faderen er forstyrret og trist for situationen. Samtidig er han også meget bange for, at noget skulle ske med ham eller hans søn . Da faderen opdager, at hans søn har en pistol i hans soveværelse , han spørger ham, hvad det er. Sønnen svar ved at sparke døren lukket i sin fars ansigt. Mens faderen gør retterne og se nyhederne , det ringer på døren . Sønnen besvarer døren. En ven af ham var kommet for at besøge. Men pludselig er der et brag , og faderen finder sin søn liggende død på gulvet. Nu kunne han lagde armene om sin søn.
The theme of the story is first of all the relationship between a concerned father and his distanced teenage son. Temaet i historien er først og fremmest forholdet mellem en bekymret far og hans distanceret teenage søn. story about a child growing up in the middle of a local war, without both his parents there to support him. The father tries the best he can, but he can never replace a mother. historie om et barn vokser op i midten af en lokal krig, uden begge hans forældre der for at støtte ham. Faderen forsøger det bedste, han kan, men han kan aldrig erstatte en mor.

Both the father and the son are main characters in the story. . We get to know the father mostly through the son’s point of view, and the son through the father’s opinions. The father is a scared man. He is so scared that something bad is going to happen that he takes every precaution that is possible.
Både far og søn er hovedpersonerne i historien. . Vi får at vide faderen hovedsagelig gennem den søns synspunkt og sønnen gennem fars udtalelser. Faderen er en bange mand. Han er så bange for, at noget slemt vil ske, at han tager alle forholdsregler, der er muligt.

Storys message is simple; this is how everyday violence can affect a normal family.
Histories budskabet er simpel; dette er, hvordan dagligdags vold kan påvirke en normal familie
The story is filled with feelings, opinions and anxiety. This is possible, it may as well be a real family story.
Historien er fyldt med følelser, meninger og angst. Dette er muligt, kan det lige så godt være en rigtig familie historie.