Question

How are the father and son contrasted? In the Chapter the wild duck

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

The father and son contrasted in Chapter the wild duck

Explanation:

• The father is focused about to teach the son how to hunt the  birds, while the son is mesmerized by the beauty of  countless ducks that flying to make a perfect formation.
• The father here represents a previous generation  when hunting was considered to be a masculine  sport.
• The father gifts his son with a gun, a symbol of his manly great skills, and also instructs him so well that the boy started to bring down the bird with one shot.
• The performance of the son is contrasted with that of the father who fails despite getting emptied all his bullets.
• However, instead of getting a sense of feeling proud of his accomplishment, the boy feels shame at what he has done to the bird.
• Then he throws away his gun, almost in an act of defiance against his father.