The fathers in “Once more to the Lake” were very involved with their family. As stated in the text “ A few weeks ago this feeling got so strong I bought myself a couple of bass hooks and a spinner and returned to the lake where we used to go ....”(E.B White 458) While at the lake, E.B learned how to fish from his father and wanted to have the same relationship with his son. Unlike the E.B white family the Rodriguez and Sedaris families, the fathers in those families are not involved with the family. In the Rodriguez family, the father is very quiet and an embarrassment to the family as a result of not able to efficiently speak English. While in the Sedaris family, the father not being home and not use to David’s disabilities result in the father not knowing how to treat David with his disabilities. “ I love it. If the mashed with the right amount of force, a blow to the nose can be positively narcotic.”(E.B White 466) David’s father thought smashing the brake of the car which results in David 's nose broken would stop, David OCD characteristic, but it leads him to love pain and wanting to inflict pain on …show more content…
In the “Plague of Tic”, the siblings were united in making fun of the brother David disabilities. While in “Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”, the siblings were united in speaking English which led to more interaction with the communities. Also, they were united isolated from their parent because their parent was not efficient in speaking English. As stated in the text, “The family’s quiet was partly due to the fact, as we children learned more and more English, we shared fewer and fewer words with our parents.” (Rodriguez 331) Unlike the Rodriguez family, the sibling in the Sedaris family unification did not separate the family but kept them