Compare And Contrast Father William And Jim

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In the two poems, “Jim” and “Father William”, family are used to an extent in these passages. Parents and their children can be very different from one another, but also show the attention and affection indicated in a family. One way in which the story, “Jim”, showed differences in ages is showing compassion for his mother by tending to her as she was sick and aiding her even if it meant missing his favorite game, baseball. In “Father William”, his son had felt unsure about the safety of the man. As for being older, his hair was white, he had grown most uncommonly fat, his son wanted him nothing to do with the insane stunts he had been doing since his youth. This shows he has concerns for the elderly man who stands on his head, back somersaults