W. D. Valgardson's “Saturday climbing” is a short story about Barry, a single father who is trying to improve his relationship with his teenage daughter Moira. In trying to do so he signs them up for rock climbing. The climb is symbolic of their relationship, and the lack of trust, communication and the difficulty Barry is facing letting Moira become independent Through out the story, you see that the lack of trust between Barry and Moira has a great impact on their relationship. Barry shows the little amount of trust he has in his daughter when he has a flash back to Moira asking to go to an all night party. Of course most parents would have a difficult time allowing their children to go out all night but there is a better way to respond than the way Barry did. When Moira asked her father …show more content…
Between Moira and her father, there is a definite shortage of communication. When Barry was climbing he had a moment of difficulty, instead of communicating that to Moira when she asked him, he hid it from her. Most parents especially, single parents, often try to hide their weakness and shortcoming from their children. In order to provide their with a strong parental figure. When children are younger that might be what is best for them, but as they grow up there comes a time when it is better for the parent show them that their not perfect hand that the have their weakness. Then the children can relate to their parents and have stronger connection. Another incident that shows the lack of communication in Barry and Moira relationship would be the flash back of Moira coming home with a lingering smell of marijuana. Barry was afaird to talk to her about it, for feat she would feel he was abusing her and it would just create another argument. Barry should have spoken to her about it and not kept it to himself. This events shows how not communicating with one another can impact the trust in the