Communication

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“If you disobey me and leave, don’t plan on coming back anytime soon.” “I won’t, don’t worry about that!” I yelled back at my father as I swung open the door to my house for what would be the last time for a couple years. “Leave the key too,” he ordered, “Save me the trouble of changing the locks!” After I heard that, I turned and fired my key as hard as I could towards the door. By the time my eyes caught up to the where I had thrown it, I had struck him right between the eyes. The yelling and shouting stopped and I took off running to my friend’s house.
The argument had been going on for the past three years. It was an ongoing struggle. Ever since I had been about fifteen or so, we had stopped talking all together. I had my own thoughts and views of the world and I was tired of having to listen to his two cents about everything. Since we did not talk, the only time we did would be during a fight. Yelling and shouting were our only forms of communication. It was if we would look to go pick a fight.
What causes a father and a son to stop talking and communicating to each other? There are certain times in a man’s life, for example adolescence, where the son distances himself in order for the son to grow, but the expressing of eachother never comes back. Later, when the son has a son of his own, he is unable to communicate with his son because he was never able to with his dad. This cycle continues throughout history and replicates itself. Therefore, fathers and sons are unable to communicate and express their feelings with eachother. Two short stories show and depict the inability of fathers and sons to communicate effectively.
The Old Man, by Larry King, shows the struggle between father and son. The Old Man is a “traditional”, “old fashion” man. This set a frame of reference that the Old Man had fallen victim to the cycle of Fathers and sons not communicating. The Old Man had strict morals and r...