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“ARM WRESTLING WITH MY FATHER� BY BRAD MANNING AND “SHOOTING DAD� BY SARAH VOWELL

In these two stories, both authors depict the condition of his/her parent/child relationship in spatial terms and their perception of gradual changes by expressing the hardship of understanding affection from each of their father during their childhood. Although these two are connected, each author has different conditions in terms of relationship with their own father and ways of describing to depict their stories. After analyzing each story, I believe that Brad Manning’s “Arm Wrestling with My Father� wins over Sarah Vowell’s “Shooting Dad� in terms of sharing with the readers about his relationship with his father more vividly.
Brad Manning’s “Arm Wrestling with My Father� is about a father and son relationship which takes us not only around the physical aspect of the family but also the dynamics of psychological effects on the family. In the opening scene, we were......

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