Englisch Mündliche Prüfung

Kultur & Gesellschaft Literatur
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Hallo

ich habe bald meine mündliche Prüfung in Englisch und wollte wissen,
ob jemand die Story, „Father and son“ von McLaverty kennt.

gibt es einige Links mit guten Infos

danke

liebe Grüße

cecile

2

Hey,

also erstmal das gängigste:

Summary of „Father and Son“ by Bernard McLaverty

The story "Father and Son " written by Bernard McLaverty tells about
the relationship between a father and his son. They lost their wife/
mother, and father and son aren’t able to cope with this situation.
The author shows two extreme feelings in a relationship between
father and son: hate and love .
The son doesn’t talk to his father because he hates his father for
having less courage than a mouse. The father loves his son because he
seems to be the only one who is left. Therefore he is worried about
his son all the time because he doesn’t know what he is doing all day
long. His son isolates himself by locking the door to his room
because he believes that his „lousy“ father isn’t strong enough to
help him with his problems, which are not explained. What becomes
obvious is that he feels threatened as well and therefore has a gun
under his bed.

And this attitude towards his father seems to be understandable
because his father feels threatened. He fears to be attacked and
takes a lot of valium.
Both father and son are ill, physically and mentally. The father
wants to talk to his son, wants to put his arms around his shoulders,
wants to make thinks better but he has to realize that he is unable
to because his son hates him. One evening his son answers the door
and is shot. The background to this is not so easy to understand but
it looks like the son was involved in any sort of sectarian violence.
After having read „Cal“ the story is easier to understand. It might
be a realistic description of a young man who tried to get away from
a militant paramilitary group and could be seen as Cal’s fate as
Skeffington describes it to him when he says he wants „out“.

  • Dann finde ich noch interessant, etwas vom Autor selbst darüber zu
    hören. Schreib ihm doch eine Email. Ich denke näher an den Text
    kommst Du nicht.

http://www.bernardmaclaverty.com/contact/contact.htm

Herzlichst,
Katha