Question 1.
Why is the father unable to understand his son in ‘Father to Son’?
Question 2.
Why is the father unhappy with his son?
Question 3.
‘I would have him prodigal.’ What does the father in Elizabeth Jennings’ poem mean by this?
Question 4.
What does the father feel about this stranger-like relationship with his son? Does he wish to change it?
Question 5.
The anguish of the father comes through very strongly in the poem. Show his feelings about his son as expressed in the poem.
Answers
Answer 1:
The father is unable to understand his son in the poem ‘Father to Son’ due to miscommunication and generation gap. Though he and his son lived together in the same house but they did not share any love or interests, therefore, he does not understand him.
Answer 2:
The father is unhappy with his son because there is no interaction between them though they live under one roof. They don’t understand each other and live like strangers. They even don’t share any interest.
Answer 3:
The father wants that his son should return to him just as the prodigal son had returned in the biblical story. The son was a wastrel and idler. He left home and went away. Yet, when he would return after several years, the father would celebrate his return.
Answer 4:
The father is unhappy about this stranger-like relationship. He, of course, wishes to change it as he is ready to accept his prodigal son. He will love to start living with him in the same house.
Answer 5:
The father is much more perplexed and upset. He regrets at having lost opportunities to build relationship with his son. He wants to make good relations with his prodigal son and keep him in the same house where they live with love and worth.
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