The Death Of My Father Martin Analysis

The death of my father summery In ‘The Death of my father’ by steve martin, the author’s family becomes closer after the passing of his father.He writes that some of his memories and memories of others differ from his personality.Martin then goes to talk about a memory of when his dad wanted to buy him a tuxedo but martin refused because his dad always refused gifts and he thought that he was being a good son by copying his dad and he now regrets it because he dad was just trying to be a father. Martin also states that his father worked in real estate but enjoyed show business. Martin was just a kid when he seen his dad act in a play as a server at the collbored theater in hollywood. The theater is no longer there a few years later the replaced it with a lamp shop. His father took show business seriously
Since the schedule for sunday was always the same martin’s love for his parents grew stronger he would always kiss his mother’s forehead before she left and awkwardly say goodbye to his dad but the last time martin meet up with his parents his dad said i love you. After a while martin’s dad became troubled he demanded things that were unusual so that he could feel relaxed but at times he would get so emotional he could not continue his daily activities. At the age of 80 years old martin's dad got very sick and the family knew that he was going to pass because he told everyone goodbye. Martin’s father was transferred to hospice where he said his last words.Two days later after the passing of his dad the family started to communicate more and act more like a family.Martin states ‘My father’s death has a thousand endings’ (630). He goes on to talk about ways his father prepared him like showing him the responsibility of living to dying but the most important thing martin learned was from the statement his sister mad ‘nobody should die alone’(630). The moral of the story this story is to love people while they are still alive no