Powder By Tobias Wolff Analysis

The “ Powder ” by Tobias Wolff is a stirring story about a father and a son. The two, have a interesting relationship because they have such dissimilar personalities and perspectives to life. At the beginning of the story, the young boy is frustrated and nervous about his father's decision to violate the state troopers command and keep on driving on the road that is blocked because of the snowstorm, but the father had already made up his mind. He took a risk and set his mind to a new experience. After struggling through all of the worried thoughts, the son finally decides to relax and put all his trust in his father and what his father was going to do. The overall takeaway for me after reading this story, was explore when you have the chance
and live a passionate life. All the memories that are made when you're doing something risky and insane, are the moments in life that will never be forgotten. If everyone was like the son of the father, that had a personality that wasn't open for new experiences, then we would all live a life, with no adventures and no stories to tell our children's children.