Parents Who Love in a Living Hell

I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere teksten "Parents Who Love in a Living Hell", som er et uddrag af et interview foretaget af Laurie Ashner og Mitch Meyerson. Uddraget findes i tekstbogen The Lift (s. 103).

Udover analysehjælp kan du finde et summary af teksten, samt inspiration til diskussion og perspektivering.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “Parents Who Love in a Living Hell” (1990)
Forfattere: Laurie Ashner and Mitch Meyerson
Genre: Interview
Laurie Ashner og Mitch Meyerson er begge psykoterapeuter. Interviewet her er en del af deres bog When Parents Love Too Much: What Happens When Your Parents Won't Let Go, som præsenterer en række cases fra det virkelige liv, som alle omhandler dysfunktionelle familier og forældre, som er overinvolverede i deres børns liv.

Uddrag

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Rhetorical questions

In the interview, Billy’s father uses rhetorical questions to emphasize certain ideas. They also indicate the reflective tone that he adopts as he tells his story.

After Billy was arrested for the second time, his father was tempted to let him spend some time in jail. However, from his father’s perspective, to do so would have meant to abandon him. This is implied in the rhetorical question “But how can you turn your back on your own son?” (p.103, l.5). The use of “you” and “your” instead of “I” and “my” shows that Billy’s father believes this is a general truth – a father should not abandon his son.

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