Essays on Father

In order for the human race to persist, it is essential that they reproduce and nurture new individuals. Every institute of the society has its own function and this task is taken over by the institution of ‘family’. The family, either nuclear or joint holds...

I believe in the power of forgiveness. I never really knew how to forgive someone until I learned the importance of having a relationship with your family. When someone upset me, it seemed natural to let my anger and resentment just sit. I was never...

In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, death and despair fill the worlds of the protagonist and his father, Shlomo. They are forced out of their home in Sighet and into trains that would then take the protagonist and his whole family to Birkenau. Before...

It was in 2004 when my life changes forever when a new me was “born”. My mom and dad always tell me the story of how we came to the United States. My dad decided to come to the United States to have a better...

Everyone has an accomplishment in their lifetime, but behind it there is always that someone that helped you achieve it. A hero is a person who can face problems with courage and help others in many ways. Also, they can help someone and give them...

Growing up, my mother was a stay at home mom. She went to college, got a degree in teaching, got married and had four kids. My father’s job required us to move quite a bit, almost every four years. After the third time moving, my...

“Water…!” I muttered to my father. I couldn’t go any longer, the feeling of lightheadedness, the feeling in my gut that just wants to spill its content out from all this overworking, my body was practically a corpse at this point. It was all just...

A significant aspect explored by Alison Bechdel in Fun Home is her relationship with her father, Bruce. During her childhood, there seems to be constant friction between Bechdel and Bruce and she applies the Daedalus-Icarus metaphor to depict her relationship with her father. However, when...