Due to the fact that Vowell’s father grew up in a home where he and his siblings were viewed as “puppets and/or slaves” he made sure that his children would be able to freely state their opinions, even if they differed from his own. This suggests that he values independence and he wishes for his children to be confident when expressing their beliefs.
Vowell wishes to be a better daughter and she approaches this by first trying to understand her father’s obsession with firearms, starting with helping him shoot off his homemade cannon. Despite her negative views on guns, Vowell regards the cannon positively because, with it, she makes the realization that she and her father are, in fact, very similar people who are “loners with goofy projects and weird equipment.”
Describing her father's family history contributes to Vowell’s portrait of him because she depicts it as being the reason for his love of firearms. It also further proves that he is a proud man and values how American history and hi family history intertwine.
Her purpose in writing the story was to prove that she and her father could not posses more different opinions. This led to the audience making the realization that no matter how different two people may appear to be, within their beliefs, they can share many similarities.
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For example when describing their different, yet similar, territories within the house, Vowell uses language, that is usually used to describe a war zone. In paragraph seven she states, “Dad’s shop was a messy disaster area, a labyrinth of lathes.”, then she continues to describe her own section of the house as, “My domain was the cramped, cold space known as the music room. It was also a messy disaster
Vowell wishes to be a better daughter and she approaches this by first trying to understand her father’s obsession with firearms, starting with helping him shoot off his homemade cannon. Despite her negative views on guns, Vowell regards the cannon positively because, with it, she makes the realization that she and her father are, in fact, very similar people who are “loners with goofy projects and weird equipment.”
Describing her father's family history contributes to Vowell’s portrait of him because she depicts it as being the reason for his love of firearms. It also further proves that he is a proud man and values how American history and hi family history intertwine.
Her purpose in writing the story was to prove that she and her father could not posses more different opinions. This led to the audience making the realization that no matter how different two people may appear to be, within their beliefs, they can share many similarities.
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For example when describing their different, yet similar, territories within the house, Vowell uses language, that is usually used to describe a war zone. In paragraph seven she states, “Dad’s shop was a messy disaster area, a labyrinth of lathes.”, then she continues to describe her own section of the house as, “My domain was the cramped, cold space known as the music room. It was also a messy disaster