In the Sam Shepard's Short Story "The Real Gabby Hayes" we follow his relationship with his father. In the beginning of the story Shepard shows mixed feelings of emotion towards his father. He has a mutual respect for him, but at the same time feels hurt at some of the things his dad says about his mother. He does not hate his father but he does feel confused about the way his father presents himself. He loves his father, and is trying extremely hard to build a relationship with his father and to also understand him. In the story the father and son talk, and hang out together, but there are some things his dad says that disappoints and hurts Shepard. There are certain things that his father says about Shepard's mom that makes him feel very hurt and disappointed. His father says that he wants to move to the Mojave Desert without any woman including Shepard's mom. These are some hurtful words for a seven-year-old child to imagine his mom not being around.
             In the beginning of the story Shepard shows a lot of respect for his father. When his father snapped or got upset Shepard always tried to stay out of his way or find a way to get him out of his mood. Shepard and his father do not have trouble communicating with one another, although at times Shepard felt intimidated and scared of his father. But other than that they talked to each other as if they were each other's friend. Their communication is very clean and respectful because they are very open to each other and they interact unselfishly. Shepard cares and loves his father; but their relationship was very different than any usual son and father relationship. They go out to places where a father and son could spend good quality time together. In my opinion Shepard's father was very inconsiderate to his son because he was only a child at the time and some of the things he said was too much for a child of his age. It is obvious that they have no hateful feelings towards each other bu...