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By AUzeta on
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Hi I am having to write a paper for an english class and was wondering if anyone could give me some insight on the question I am dealing with...or if you know of any critiques that would be helpful...the question is,"Parenting, both idealized and corrupted,is a major theme of the novels and poetry we have discussed so far. What does it mean to be a good parent or child? why do so many characters seem consumed with trying to recover a lost father or mother figure? You could also consider the unique role of step-parents or other surrogate mothers and fathers." Please if anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it...thank ya'll
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E.g. when you say "corrupted" you expect as its opposite something like "perfect" or when you say "idealized" you expect a contrast with "real". "both idealized and corrupted" means, that a non-idealized parent is corrupted or that a non-corrupted is idealized. Is there, maybe, some kind of parenting neither idealized nor corrupted? And: if something "real and perfect" can never exist, what's the use of talking about corruption or idealization? Just out of curiosity?
"What does it mean to be a good parent or child?"
Can childhood become a role, like parenting? A parent of a child is a person that forms a child as a role and a set of duties?
"Why do so many characters seem consumed with trying to recover a lost father or mother figure?"
What is a father's or mother's figure for each of these characters?
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