Ondrej cares for his son, teaching him many life lessons while staying with him on the mountain. These lessons help Jozef, demonstrating the type of hard working man he should become, and that a combination of smarts with natural instinct put you in a situation to thrive. Although this was prior to Ondrej trips with Jozef, Ondrej confronted his wife when finding that his son was not receiving his share of food. Stating, “My work feeds us all, and my son will eat first, or I will leave you and your boys alone to starve” (28). This was the first time that Ondrej stuck up for the boy and show that he truly cares. After this happens, the connection between the father and son definitely strengthens and leads to the annual trips the two take to hunt
