10th Grade Homework-- the last two questions for "My Father's Hands"

If you did not understand the last two questions for this story, here are the answers!
I think that when I practice dictating and listening exercises with you, it will also help if I post up the answers on the website after we do the listening exercise in class. That way-- you can make sure you didn't miss anything I said earlier!

3. What was the narrator’s attitude toward his father? Give examples to support your answer.
The narrator’s attitude is a mixture of admiration and frustration. This is present from the very beginning of the story— he speaks of how his father was capable of doing anything with his hands, and conveys the fact that his father was a loving, knowledgeable man, but he also is frustrated by his father’s stubborn and proud unwillingness to keep trying to read and write, even though these things were difficult for him.

4. Describe the character of the father. Why were his hands prominent in the narrative.
Worthington’s father was strong, capable, hard working, and he had a strong sense of responsibility when it came to his family. He was also flawed- he was stubborn and proud and he gave up easily when it came to trying to read and write. His hands are prominent in the narrative because Worthington uses the hands as a way of representing the entire character of the father—a complex mixture of ability and incapacity.