Question

why was it necessary to keep Harold's father profession as a secret from him

Answer 1

because their parents thinking was that the harold is very innocent boy if he will come to lnow about his fathers profession then might get scared of him

Answer 2

It was necessary to keep Harold from knowing the truth about his father's profession because everybody in the family felt that Harold was a child prodigy and this would affect his mentality in a wrong way. Boxing wasn't considered to be a very respectable profession and people thought that Harold might feel ashamed of his father if he knew that his father was a mere boxer.

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