Thursday, February 25, 2010

Shooting Dad

In this story the author grows up with a father that does not agree on the same things as she does. One is a democrat and the other a republican, the only thing they agree on is the constitution. I believe the significance of the title, "Shooting Dad" comes from the author's view points of her father. He is a man who loves to shoot and has a passion for guns. As a young girl, the father took the author and her twin sister outside to shoot a gun for their first time at the age of six. The author didn't like the feeling, she had to close her eyes when she shot it. She said she felt like the gun was taking over and that she never even pulled the trigger. Even though the author never liked or understood her father's passion for guns, she decided to go watch him shoot a cannon that he had made a replica of. That is when she realized that she was somewhat like her father. She said, "My dad and I are the same person. We're both smart-alecky loners with goofy projects and weird equipment."
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6 comments:

  1. marynicoleFebruary 26, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    "Shooting Dad" is a perfect title for this piece. I think Sarah looks back on her childhood with humor. I'm sure growing up it was not like that for her. Maturing makes us see things much differently.

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  2. LaurenSFebruary 26, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Hi Julianna and Mary,
    These are good points about the title. What do you think about the way she uses humor throughout her essay?
    Lauren :)

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  3. briangarrisonFebruary 28, 2010 at 10:05 AM

    Julianna,

    I feel like she was jealous of the time her dad had with her sister and this last ditch effort seemed to work for the author and her father. As you say she was sartled to find she was so much like her father. I agree with marynicole that we see things differently as we get older, there seems to be more shades of gray and less balck and white about our choices and our feelings about other people's choices.

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  4. jackieFebruary 28, 2010 at 1:07 PM

    I agree with you on what you think about the title. I think the title was significant to the ending.

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  5. K. MacdonaldFebruary 28, 2010 at 7:35 PM

    I like your conclusion, that they may be extremely different but they have the same passion inside of them.

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  6. JuanitaFebruary 28, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    I also agree with Marynicole that as we mature, we see things differently , we make more aware choices.

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