Gaston Mother's Role
There is a saying in my country-"people learn how to be parents after they have children." This means people understand how to take care of their children after they have their own babies. However, some people do not realize that parents' behavior affect their children a lot. For instance, the mother depicted in the Story "Gaston", written by William Saroyan. We cannot see what kind of person the mother is because the author did not depict about the mother directly. Nevertheless, we can picture the mother when she talks to her daughter and the way her daughter acts and talks. The daughter lives with her mother in New York longer than she lives with her father in Paris. Based on this situation, the mother seems to have full control of her daughter. She loves her daughter, but she does seem to show much patience toward her. The mother is a realistic and wealthy person who likes to socialize.The mother has power over her daughter. For example the mother tells her daughter "[Gaston] is [only a bug]," and her daughter agrees with her by saying "We will have to squash [Gaston]." (line 155) The daughter now speaks in a tone like her mother, strong and firm. After father comes back with peaches that contain people, she tells him that sh
The daughter mentions the place she lives in New York is more like a home. If the child does not, she will become impatient. Moreover, she cares about her daughter's feeling while she stays with her father. This also illustrates that she loves her daughter. " (line 139) This shows the mother is impatient with her daughter. It is always nice to see a mother take good care of her daughter. She does not want to spend too much time on this topic of Gaston. She thinks her daughter "have not been with [her] father two days and already sound[s] like him. Moreover, the mother is a person who likes to socialize with people. "(line 12) This indicates her father is not living in a magnificent place. When the daughter fells her mother "it is just a bug and we will have to squash it.
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