Shooting Dad By Sarah Vowell Analysis

I truly enjoyed reading both memoirs this week which focused on families and traditions.
“Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell, memoir was filled with sarcasm and humor and ended with a touching moment between a father and daughter. Although the subject matter was based on the relationship between a father and daughter, it was like a breath of fresh air in comparison to the subject matter in last week’s reading. Remarkably, I found myself racing to the end, like a roaring locomotive, to see if my anticipated ending would come true. As a mother to a daughter as opinionated and strong mined as Sarah, and a great white hunter and NRA advocate for a husband, oh boy can I relate to her memoir. While reading her memoir, it was as though I was experiencing a flashback of the past 22 years of my life. Throughout the reading, I envisioned her mom like myself with an appended job description to include mediation and refereeing between a daughter and her father. …show more content…
She too is into the art of music, but she likes to hunt and shoot. Fed by the ferocious competitiveness between the two, she has far surpassed her dad when it comes to hitting the target. Whether it’s a gun from my husband’s ardent collection of guns or a good old fashion bow and arrow, she will out shoot her father any day of the week. They are so much alike, both artistic, just like Sarah and her father. Luckily, unlike Sarah’s mom, I was spared the left wing and right wing rhetoric, as politics is not an interest for either of them. Thank