What accounts for the narrator’s struggles with her dad?
They have different views of the world. Her dad thinks using guns is ok in the world. He votes for a different side then Sarah does. She doesn’t like guns, and her dad is a gunsmith. She later in life became ok with shooting cannons going off. Because it’s not going to go anywhere.
She realized she didn’t like guns when she was 6 when she first shot a gun. She talks about the noise, and how it made her fall back which scared her. She also talks about how it made her feel when she first shot the gun and how she never wanted to again. They also don’t agree on the same parts of the constitution. She shares that she’s partial to the First Amendment while her dad has always favored the second. Another thing is her dad was into guns and she was into art. This caused a lot of fights as she says in her teens.
Yeah, they had two completely ideas and beliefs but Sarah was strong willed and hardheaded about what she believed in. It was nice to see how devoted she was to what she believed in at such an early age. I think as she got older she matured and realized that the cannon wasn't so bad and it was a form of art such as the art she enjoyed so she looked at it from a different perspective as she got older.
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Dina
Sam,
ReplyDeleteYes she did mention that her and her dad got into fights when she was a teen. I think this scenario is very common to have one child that enjoys the same interests and ideas but there is also a child who goes the opposite direction or a going against the grain attitude. She wasn't disrespectful I'm sure but she wanted a different life then what she saw growing up or maybe the people she was hanging out with influenced her and showed her a different view of life. At the end though blood is always thicker than water.
Sam,
ReplyDeleteI was really surprised that she was raised to voice her oppinions even though they may have not agreed on everything at the end of the day. I too was raised in a family like this and of course, what person would think exactly alike their parents? There will always be some little independance in you that will want to think or act differently in which your parents may not be in favor of. At the end of the day though, you still love each other and that's what really matters most.