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Alan King's 'What My Father Said'

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Do your parents ever tell you that you can’t do something and you get mad? In the poem,"What my Father Said" by Alan King, the speaker's attitude towards not being able to play football with his friends changes. The speaker changes from feeling mad at his father in the beginning. On the other hand at the end, being grateful that his father didn't let him participate. Therefore, the speaker's attitude towards not being able to play changes.
In the beginning, the speaker feels mad and in shock that his father said no about playing football with his friends. In the poem it says, “I frizzled when dad said, No, he’s busy.” This means that the speaker is mad and shocked because he was expecting his father to say yes to being able to play football.
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