Furthermore, the conversation starts to fire up when Mr. Hundert says, “as a teacher it is my job to mold your son…” when he quickly gets interrupted by the senator who says, “Mold him? Mold him! Great God in Heaven you ain't going to mold Sedgewick! You are a teacher. Teach him why the world the round, teach him his times tables, teach him who killed whom in what battle and why. I sir, I will mold my son!” In this sense it is clear that Mr. Hundert desires to make Sedgewick a better student, but how can the senator mold him if he has not been there for his son? I think that this questions his morals and what his important to him. The professor even points out that the senator should know the important of history and the founding fathers, but
