What accounts for the narrator’s struggles with her dad?
I chose to write for this question because typically in this essay “Shooting Dad”, Sarah Vowell expresses her struggle for connection with her dad. They were completely different in their ideology, whether it is political views, perspective towards life or personal interests. She struggled all her life to overcome the differences between them but later in her when she was mature enough found out that they were same and had same kind of interest for “goofy projects and weird equipments.” The equipment she tries to mention here is recorder and microphone for herself and guns and cannons for her father.
First differences could be seen from the political division of Democrat and Republican in the same house which could be seen even form outside appearance of campaign posters. Ending up of Geraldine Ferraro’s picture in the trash can is another example of political struggle between author and her father which she present in this essay.Even for the amendments they had different perspective; Vowell is partial to the First Amendment where as her father supports Second Amendment.
Secondly, her father was gunsmith and he is totally in love with his work. He was very interested on guns which could be told from the guns found all around the house. Author always cared about arts and disliked guns and ammos while her father is absolutely in love with guns and ammos. He would spend most of his time in garage making guns while author spend time in her room reading. They had completely different perspective towards life and the conversation between them always end up in an argument. Because of her father’s compassion towards firearms she jokingly likes to call her family house located in “the United States of Firearms.”
When she was six years old, she had her first shooting experience. Since that time she despised guns so much that she use to whisper “Satan, I rebuke thee” while holding gun. When the firing of gun recoil her and threw her on the ground like bully does, like foe does, she started disliking guns. At the end we can say that even though they had their difference, both had similar compassion towards their own work.
Sujan,
ReplyDeleteI will agree on the fact that they're both passionate about their work. We're all very different from each other, but I think that every single human on earth has one thing that truly moves them. Whether it be guns or a microphone, we can all say that we are especially fond or passionate about something.
Personally, i'm passionate about reading. My interest in genres changes from time to time, but I think that there's nothing more rewarding than connecting with a work of literature. I remember being in my old english class and hearing what my teacher had to say about a certain book. I was so impressed and moved because he really got what the author was trying to say and that has changed the way I read things. I look for meaning in the words because it's not enough to simply skim the text. You have to ponder on what the author is trying to get across to you.
Hi Sujan,
ReplyDeleteWhat's important is the meaning Sarah Vowell gave the difference between she and her father. In her youth, all she could see were the differences; she didn't want to see similarities. She defined her father and herself as different, and then she passed judgment: her father is wrong and she is right. Her father did the same thing. As long as they approached each other from the standpoint of the other being wrong, they could not find common ground. She wasn't able to build her relationship with her dad until she got past needing to be right and needing to prove her dad was wrong.
The differences are still there between her and her dad, but she's choosing to define those differences differently.
Thanks for your ideas.
Take care,
Lauren
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