Dalton Trumbo: Relationship Between Father And Son

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Dalton Trumbo illustrates the tight knit relationship between father and son. The father son duo have gone camping every year since Joe was seven. Dalton Trumbo signifies their great bond: “... the tent was under an enormous pine.” I believe he uses the word enormous to convey that they have a bond that no one can replicate. A change is coming to their relationship, though. Joe doesn’t know how to break the news to his father, so he says very casually: “...Bill Harper’s coming up tomorrow and I thought maybe I’d go out with him.” This father and son have been fishing together since he was seven, so this must have been a blow to his father. The author alludes to the fact that the father was jealous and did not know if he wanted to let his son