Father/Child Relationships In Those Winter Childday And Those Winter Sundays By Theodore Roethke

The love a father has for his son is endless. As a parent, most fathers would go to the ends of the worlds for their kids, they would sacrifice everything and anything just so their child has the chance to be happy. However, it is often seen, that children have a hard time seeing the sacrifices that their parents make, they only focus on the bad or what their parent did not do rather than what they succeeded in doing. On the opposite side of the spectrums, sometimes kids are so blinded by the love and adoration they have for their parents, that they do not see the obvious flaws their parents have, no matter how big they are. The different dynamics of a parent/child relationship can be show in the short poems “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke. While both poems depict a father/son relationship, “Those Winter Sundays” establishes a relationship in which the son is blind to his father’s sacrifices and “My Papa’s Waltz”, a son that is blind to his father’s flaws. Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sunday”, portrays the disregarded efforts a father puts in for his children 's comfort. The first few lines establishes that the …show more content…
Growing up kids may think their parents are superheroes and are invincible, they may be oblivious to the flaws their parents have, or they might take their parents for granted, not really seeing how much extra work parents put in for their kids. Both stories successfully exemplify the opposite ends of the extreme of how a child views their parents; one who sees no wrong in their parent and the other who refuses to see the good. As a result, both these stories support an overarching theme, that it is not until children grow up and become parents themselves that they can truly reflect on their parents with open