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Should John Be More Caring About His Son?
Should John be more caring about his son? The short story "The Father" written by Hugh Garner is about John Purcell the protagonist being uninvolved with his son Johnny.The story takes place at a father-son boys scout banquet, during the 1900s. John Purcell has a conflict against himself because parents should be more caring about their kids not like John Purcell. Furthermore, parents can take breaks from time to time, but when John’s son wants him to go to a banquet with John, he'd expect to go with him not what John does stay in front the TV Drinking alcohol(Is John Purcell uncaring because he has to work or if he's got better things to do). In summary, John is an uncaring, selfish and an uncooperative parent.
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