The Negative Perceptions Of Aanakwad

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Register to read the introduction… From the moment that Aanakwad fell in love with the other man, the grandfather feared her and became very bitter towards her. “For he was afraid of his wife’s bad temper, and it was he who roused Aanakwad into anger by the sheer fact that he was himself and not the other.” No matter how much the grandfather tried, he could not recapture her love and because of that he lost respect for her. Despite the fact that the grandfather loved her he had to admit that their life together was no longer a happy one. Having to say goodbye to Aanakwad was not an easy thing for the grandfather and he was not satisfied with the outcome, therefore he held a grudge against Aanakwad. For many people, it is easy to place the blame on someone when they are strongly disliked. This proved true for the grandfather. Due to his hatred for Aanakwad, the grandfather had no difficulty assuming that she was to blame for the death of his daughter. “He told how when the wolves closed in Aanakwad had thrown her daughter to them.” He specifically told the story this way to his son, who as a result had a bad connotation of his mother. This eventually caused a negative reality for the …show more content…
“He knew that this broken place inside him would not be mended, except by some terrible means.” It became quite clear from the son and his siblings that these emotions affected the father to the point where it led to an immense drinking problem. It wasn’t just the fact that he drank, but his problems resulted in abusing his children. “There was a board. A willow wand. And there was himself-his hands and fists and boots-and things he could throw.” The abuse, anger and alcoholism came as a result of the father’s pure unhappiness. He held a grudge against his mother and was incapable of moving on until his perception of her was changed. His wife died early on, just another aspect of his ugly reality, and he had absolutely no relationship with his children. “He became, for us, a thing to be avoided, outsmarted, and exploited.” Who wants to be around someone when not even their own children look up to them or respect them? “I suppose we stopped thinking of him as a human being, certainly as a father.” The ugly patterns and reality he fell into were most definitely a result of his ugly perception. Until someone or something opened his eyes to a new world, with a better reality, absolutely nothing would change. This change was necessary for him to develop a relationship with his children and to earn their respect as a human

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