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Why I Hate Tiri's Father?

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Reading this story Tiri, written by Phil Kawana, tells and explains to us how Tiri was treated very poorly by his father during his childhood.One certain individual or character that I did not connect with, and I really disliked was Tiri’s father. I disliked Tiri’s father because of how harsh and vicious he was towards his own son Tiri.This individual character demonstrates a very aggressive and abhorrent personality during this short story.

The first reason why I dislike Tiri’s father is because he was very combative,mean and harsh towards his own son.Another reason why I disliked Tiri’s father is because when Tiri stood up for himself, and he fought the children bullying him, Tiri’s father would lash out at his son with a brutal beating whenever he knew that Tiri had a fight with other children.” When dad got home and was told that I had been fighting again, he would take me out to the back porch and belt me with the jug chord”. Being the father figure in Tiri’s life, I believe he should have sat Tiri down and should have had a civilised conversation with his son so he could have understood why Tiri did what he did. During this …show more content…

Once he got over the initial shock, he prised the wood off me and beat me until I just lay still”. What Tiri did was probably wrong, but what the father did to him in return was much worse. Tiri’s father should have considered the reasons on why Tiri did what he did. Tiri did wack his father with Timber, and it was wrong, but at the same time Tiri’s father simply went too far and he could have killed his son if he kept beating him. As the father of Tiri, he should have been the bigger person and should have not turned to beating his son until he just “lay still” and should have just talked to him and show Tiri that he loves

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