Parents Love

He tells his son, “Be liked and you will never want. In the poem “The Victims” by Sharon Olds, the children hated their father because of the beliefs the mother instilled in her children. It’s not uncommon to overhear a child explain something as being absolutely true because what their parents have told them. warmth so his child could wake up to a warm house. In the play “Death of a Salesman”, Willy tries to encourage his son by telling him “you got a greatness in you, Biff, remember that”(1277). Parents teach their children that stealing or hurting someone is wrong. Their mother “taught us [them] to take it, to hate you…”(830). The father would get up in the “blueblack cold”, to make a fire (576). Parents have set these values in their children and have these values continue throughout their adulthood. The children pick up the hate the mother had against their father and this begun the hatred for their father. I never have to wait in line to see a buyer.

It is within the parents that their children learn moral values. The beliefs parents instill in their children will last a lifetime. In “The Death of a Salesman”, the father sets a foundation of beliefs for his son Biff. Parents give their children guidance and try to prepare them for adulthood.