To begin, interactions affect who people become by changing their perspectives on things, and in a similar sense, their beliefs. As displayed in Robert Haynes poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” the narrator who is a son, realized him and his family didn’t show enough appreciation for his father’s daily actions and sacrifices. What seemed to be an indifferent relationship between the father and son at first, it was later evident to the son that his father’s actions were all out of love for him. The poem states from the perspective of the son, “What did I know, what did I know/ of love’s austere and lonely offices?” (Hayden 71). This proves that the son’s perception on what the true meaning of love is was changed for the better because of his relationship