My Father Was A Broken Soldier Analysis

Broken Soldier In a town on the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border, on a heart-rending Sunday there was a shattered family. All the events that led up to this traumatic morning are placed right before your eyes. Subtlety through a child’s perspective is a story told about why his father left him and his siblings. My Father Was a Writer by Andre Dubus III sounds like it might take you through a wonderful journey of becoming an author. Much to my surprise the memoir was more about a broken soldier rather than an author.
In the early years of Dubus’ life his father was never around because he was a Marine deployed in Japan. When his dad finally came home for good, his family seemed pretty solid and happy. They didn’t have much money, however, they hosted many parties and his father …show more content…
After being a child and seeing all the parties his parents threw was one of his happiest times as a family. Now that Dubus is an adult he has also become an author. With the title talking about how his father was a writer really shows how Dubus is taking and remembering the good of his life. Dubus’s father leaving him must of really shaped him as the person that he is today. Instead of insulting his father in the title he is very respectful of what his dad went through.
Ending with his father actually leaving paints a dark picture. His mother sobbing, his sister hugging and calling for him, his brother throwing rocks and most importantly Dubus himself trying to be brave like a soldier, like his father. When his dad left he was thinking about how they would buy food, or even get it without a car. From a very young age Dubus had to deal with things that a lot of people never have to. Memoirs are something significant from a writer’s past. His dad leaving made everything in his life more difficult, which is why Dubus ended it with his dad leaving and the reader