Discovery of a Father

In find of a Father by Sherwood Anderson and Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayes, Sherwood and the loud speaker unit system both do non wonder of their nonpluss actions but begin to appreciate them later on. In the beginning as young boys, both of the sons are lacking the appreciation for their experiences. In Discovery of a Father, Sherwood does not like the fact that his father is a storyteller and how his father would lie ab disclose his nationality and take someone elses as his own. For example, Sherwood recalls, If an Irishman came to our house, right away father would say he was Irish. If it was a Scotchman the same thing happened (5).Sherwoods father is also a dud and someone who is absent for long periods of time in their familys life history which Sherwood also dislikes. Sherwood also can not understand how his m early(a) could give birth it. Similar to Sherwood, the speaker reveals his fathers unlikeable traits. The speaker does not like the fact that his father h as an unlikeable temper. He expresses how his fathers temper is caused by his long hours at work and the lack of thankfulness. The speaker spends his boyhood fearing the chronic angers of the house (Hayes 9). So soon each son comes to receive that his father actually does love him.Although this dislike for both Sherwoods and the speakers fathers actions occur, they also both experience a paradigm shift when they realize that they allow some type of solid ground to New 2 love their fathers because their fathers love them. Sherwoods father demonstrates much(prenominal) love when he takes him swimming in the pond which gives them a recover to connect with one another. Sherwood recalls that it was a feeling of closenessIt was as though thither were only we two in the world (Anderson 8). Ironically, Sherwoods father is usually very playful and energized but during that night he becomes alone serious and silent.Then Sherwood relates to his father when he notices that not only his fa ther is a storyteller but he himself is as well. On the other hand, the speaker discovers his fathers love when he is older when he remembers when his father displayed a few acts of kindness to him when the speaker says, had driven out the cold/and polished my good shoes well (Hayden11-12). Therefore the sons in both Discovery of a Father and Those Winter Sundays each have their eyes open to a love that they thought was not there but always was.