Manhood:
Father and son relationship:
Mr. Willison is the father of Rob. He is an ambitious person and strong man, that only wants the best for his son, trying to grant him those privileges that he never had as a child. Mr. Willison wants his son to be an athlete and start boxing, but that is not what Rob is interested in. Rob doesn't want to disappoint his father, so he doesn't tell his father to stop pressure him about going on a sports team. He only wants his father to be proud of him. Instead, he tries to lie about going on a sports team, so he makes it look like he has the image his father wants him to have, and live up to his ideal of a ‘’real man’’
In some way, Rob is a bit superficial. He doesn’t speak to his father about how he wants to be treated, because he wants his father to be proud of him, so he starts lying.
This is a typical example of a bad relationship between father & son.
This story describes exactly how pushy parents can be, and how children can act and feel under pressure by their parents, by lying to make them feel happy.
Indian Camp:
Father and son relationship
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Nick really admires his father a lot and they seem close. We see it as Nick’s father wants to spend time with Nic, by showing him how life is and about helping other people. His father takes the role of teaching his son. An example occurs when the father talks to his Nick about the pregnant women. He states, "What she is going through is called labor. The baby wants to be born and she wants it to be born. All her muscles are trying to get the baby born. That is what is happening when she screams’’ Nick is sensitive and emotional and is having sympathy for the women in labor. His father understands his situation, but he states, ‘’But her screams are not important. I don't hear them because they are not important’’ Nick basically is just like an intern, whose there just to learn by