The Hallowe En Party By Miriam Waddington

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Topic: Discuss the character of the father.

Parents often impose restrictions to monitor the behaviour of their children. Some tries to impose their principles and values to their children because of their own experiences. In “The Hallowe’en Party” by Miriam Waddington, the father’s changing attitude towards his children’s celebration of a foreign culture shows his love for the nature, his emotional attachment to his race, and his consideration for his children. First, the father loves the nature. One day he announces that he has bought a farm. He have “dreamed of such a farm all the years” (1) and finally buys one in St. Vital. His deep hunger for land is explained as a sentiment to his previous living environment in Russia. He chose to

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