Father And Son Comparison

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The bond between father and son can be an invincible yet fickle one. There are many different ways people can express their love and it may not always be in the most gleeful and charming ways. Nevertheless it is love. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and “Father and Son” by Cat Stevens are two very different examples of a father son bond. They may not seem to have much in common, but if one dives a little deeper, one can find the similarities.

First off, the main similarity between the two would be the almost overwhelming sense of love. “My Papa’s Waltz” describes a singular moment a son can remember of his father. Of the time he and his drunk father dance through their house. Their relationship Is, evidently, a little rough around the edges, reason being the Dad was a drunk who was slightly rough with his son sometimes. Although a relationship like this might seem alarming, the small boy loved his father dearly. Whereas, in “Father And Son” the feeling of love is not mutual. A Father, so set on trying to give his son a good life, he forgets what his son might want and ends up pushing his son away. This relationship seems a lot more lost than that in “My papa’s Waltz” and for the current relationship the son …show more content…
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