The three pieces of literature, The Poem, ‘’Daystar’’ by African American poet Rita Dove, ‘’Those Winter Sundays’ by African American poet Robert Hayden and the story’’ At Home’’, by Anton Chekhov are all significant to the extent that they convey similar ideas or themes. The three are thus closely related in some ways that come to life with an incisive analysis and consideration of the three. The idea of family relations is, therefore, an idea or theme that cuts across all the three pieces of literature though in slightly various ways as demonstrated by an analytical consideration of each of the three works. Each piece of work, from the two poems, ‘’Daystar’’ by Rita Dove, ‘’Those Winter Sundays’’ by Robert Hayden and the short story ‘’At
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It illuminates the usually troubled relationship between a child and a father. It involves various contrasting themes such as love and admiration of a child towards the father and equally miscommunication or misunderstanding between the two individuals of different generations. Equally significant is the scenario of positive family relations. A father who deeply loves his son and is so committed to the family’s wellbeing, comfort, and possible happiness. The persona in the poem, in this case, the young son narrates about, “Sundays too my father got up early/…/then with cracked hands that ached/ from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze’’ (1, 2-3). The father’s selflessness, love, affection and commitment to the family’s well-being is reinforced by the fact, he did this on a freezing every day even Sunday morning while the son was still in bed, despite having been terribly worn out by the work schedule in the previous …show more content…
The story depicts the unique relationship between a father, one Mr. Eugene Bekovsky, a lawyer by profession and his son Seryozha, aged seven years old. The story is similar to the poem ‘’Those Winter Sundays’’ in that it equally tackles the theme of a father-son relationship that is uneasy and at odds given the variance in dynamics and social realities of the two. Whereas in the poem ‘’ Those Winter Sundays’’, the persona had an uneasy relationship with his filled with anger and fear, to the point that their conversations were not in any way warm or affectionate, Anton Chekhov similarly tackles the theme of the father-son relationship in the
It illuminates the usually troubled relationship between a child and a father. It involves various contrasting themes such as love and admiration of a child towards the father and equally miscommunication or misunderstanding between the two individuals of different generations. Equally significant is the scenario of positive family relations. A father who deeply loves his son and is so committed to the family’s wellbeing, comfort, and possible happiness. The persona in the poem, in this case, the young son narrates about, “Sundays too my father got up early/…/then with cracked hands that ached/ from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze’’ (1, 2-3). The father’s selflessness, love, affection and commitment to the family’s well-being is reinforced by the fact, he did this on a freezing every day even Sunday morning while the son was still in bed, despite having been terribly worn out by the work schedule in the previous …show more content…
The story depicts the unique relationship between a father, one Mr. Eugene Bekovsky, a lawyer by profession and his son Seryozha, aged seven years old. The story is similar to the poem ‘’Those Winter Sundays’’ in that it equally tackles the theme of a father-son relationship that is uneasy and at odds given the variance in dynamics and social realities of the two. Whereas in the poem ‘’ Those Winter Sundays’’, the persona had an uneasy relationship with his filled with anger and fear, to the point that their conversations were not in any way warm or affectionate, Anton Chekhov similarly tackles the theme of the father-son relationship in the