Olivia Seeney
ENGL 305 The Art of the Essay
2/15/17
Putting Daddy On Analysis
The main thesis of this text seems to be an argument for the possibility that in order to truly understand someone you have to come to them with an open mind and an open heart. Parker is increasingly distant and judgmental of his son’s lifestyle, which causes problems between the two that have arisen do to the differences that divide them. One of the most important passages from the essay that supports this thesis is when the narrator begins to describe Parker and speculates that he “understands everybody’s motives, including his own (Wolfe , pg.281).” This information, along with the way that Parker behaves, are large contributors to the fact that he may not know as much about understanding that others perceive him to have. For example, when he first meets his son in the doorway …show more content…
By making the narrator a third party in this essay instead of one of the other characters who was increasingly active in the situation, the reader is able to experience the conflict itself without participating in it or feeling as if the material was distant. The author’s style encouraged me to adopt his ideas because he made it relatable to anyone who has ever had a parent who believed that they knew the best for their kids and tried to force those ideas onto them. The applicable main point and style that the author used in order to impact his readers increased my interest in this piece drastically. The most notable example of style that stood out to me was the incorporation of repetition into his essay because it assisted in getting his point across about true understanding. Works Cited
Wolfe, Tom. "Putting Daddy On." Oates, Joyce Carol and Robert Atwan. The Best American Essays of the Century. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964.
ENGL 305 The Art of the Essay
2/15/17
Putting Daddy On Analysis
The main thesis of this text seems to be an argument for the possibility that in order to truly understand someone you have to come to them with an open mind and an open heart. Parker is increasingly distant and judgmental of his son’s lifestyle, which causes problems between the two that have arisen do to the differences that divide them. One of the most important passages from the essay that supports this thesis is when the narrator begins to describe Parker and speculates that he “understands everybody’s motives, including his own (Wolfe , pg.281).” This information, along with the way that Parker behaves, are large contributors to the fact that he may not know as much about understanding that others perceive him to have. For example, when he first meets his son in the doorway …show more content…
By making the narrator a third party in this essay instead of one of the other characters who was increasingly active in the situation, the reader is able to experience the conflict itself without participating in it or feeling as if the material was distant. The author’s style encouraged me to adopt his ideas because he made it relatable to anyone who has ever had a parent who believed that they knew the best for their kids and tried to force those ideas onto them. The applicable main point and style that the author used in order to impact his readers increased my interest in this piece drastically. The most notable example of style that stood out to me was the incorporation of repetition into his essay because it assisted in getting his point across about true understanding. Works Cited
Wolfe, Tom. "Putting Daddy On." Oates, Joyce Carol and Robert Atwan. The Best American Essays of the Century. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964.