Flavio
My first impression of Flavio's Home was that it seemed to be a very sad story. It spoke of the horrors of poverty and Flavio's strength to survive and even the courage to accept death without even thinking about himself but of his brothers and sisters. Flavio's Home is about the life of a 12 year old boy who has the responsibility of an adult, is able to accept this responsibility and still remain vibrant and hopeful even thought he is suffering form physical illness, poverty, overwork and worry.Throughout the story Gordon Parks explains in detail Flavio's life, but the thing that seemed most significant to him was how Flavio was able to still smile even though he has such a hard life. While being only a child himself Flavio is able to care for his younger brothers and sisters by preparing food, clean their home and even instructing them to wash themselves. While Flavio and his brothers and sisters accepted Gordon Parks presence their father was not too pleased. He viewed them skeptically as he was not sure of their intentions. The story gave the impres
From Gordon Parks description of Flavio's home can be interpreted just how poor Flavio and his family is. While most would have given up on life cause they had nothing to live for, Flavio did not accept this fate. Flavio while being physically ill still remained strong in order to take care of his family and himself. Gordon Park saw how Flavio lived his life and felt sorry for the hardships that he had to endure. The walls were a patch work of misshapen boards with large gaps between them, the floor consisted of rotting layers of grease and dirt, caught shafts of light slanting down through spaces in the roof. While Flavio's mother did show some affection towards the youngest she probably is a loving person towards her family but being pregnant and exhausted she was unable to expression affection towards all of her children. From the passage Flavio's father even stated that he didn't have the money to send his children to school. He thought that if he worked hard enough he would benefit if not for him but for his family. It was a leaning crumpled place of old planking with a rusted tin roof. He saw just how hard living in poverty could be especially after he left the favelas and saw just how much he had. This may have been so as his father left most if not all of the decisions of the household to Flavio so he expected that all the children would be washed and that dinner would be ready for him when he returned home. Inside of the shack was a stove, which consisted of a rusted, bent top of an old gas range resting on several bricks, a sagging bed and a broken baby's crib. On the other hand it is quite clear that Flavio's father doesn't have any affection towards his children. He saw this potential in Flavio and wanted to help him and give him the opportunity to be able to better his life.
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