The Importance Of Family Relationships In Babylon Revisited?

Similarly, in the short story, “Babylon Revisited,” Charlie, the father, is attempting to regain Honoria, however, he does not retrieve her as his daughter. He loses her because his destiny seems to have a different path for him. When Charlie goes back to Paris, he goes for one sole purpose: to visit his daughter and regain custody of her. Consequently, Charlie cannot complete his objective because of the continual reminders of his past. Prior to coming back to Paris Charlie had made the decision to become sober in order to be with his daughter. He decides to take his path less traveled. Opposition faced him though, continually, with the first manifestation of this taking its shape of his two former friends: Duncan Schaffer and Lorraine Quarles. …show more content…
In “Luck of Roaring Camp,” the men acted like fathers emulating that father-son dynamic and when Luck was not the one benefiting from the education it was the men who did and used it as a way to prosper with their camp. In “Babylon Revisited,” Charlie seeks out Honoria knowing that he must retrieve her as his own because as a family unit he will feel complete and be able to educate Honoria through his work and knowing he can rear her better than her aunt could. Alas, the truth in the story did not allow this to happen which lead Charlie to a downward spiral where he continued on with his alcohol. Furthermore, the importance of family for education prevailed most notably in August Wilson’s “Fences.” Rose and Raynell and Cory and Troy prove that a strong family relationship is necessary to cope with emotions and being able to prosper. Raynell helped Cory cope with their father by using a song as a lesson for healing. Therefore, it becomes clear that the course theme of education is most crucial and abundant when stories adopt a family-like relationship because strong bonds are needed to survive and prosper and