A CONVERSATION WITH MY FATHER WRITTEN BY GRACE PALEY

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Q;WHAT IS THEME OF THE STORY "A CONVERSATION WITH MY FATHER?


A;THE THEME OF THE STORY "A CONVERSATION WITH MY FATHER" IS THE GENERATION GAP OLD AND YOUNG WRITERS.THE FATHER OF THE WRITER REPRESENTS OLD WRITERS OF WRITERS .FOR OLD WRITERS LIFE WAS SIMPLE AND FAMILY ORIENTED .THE WRITER DEMONSTRATED THE GENERATION GAP THROUGH THE CONVERSATION OF FATHER AND DAUGHTER..THE REASON OF CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS IS THAT BOTH ARE RIGID.AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT WHAT IS WRONG TO THEM.
OLD AGE PEOPLE WERE LEADING A SIMPLE NICE AND FAMILY ORIENTED LIFE.THEY BELIEVE IN MARRIAGES AND INDIVIDUALITY OF CHARACTERS.FATHER BELIEVES THAT LIFE STORY OF SOME CHARACTER SHOULD HAVE SOME REASONABLE END.HE HAS HIS OWN IDEA OF REALITY AND REALITY PRESENTED BY DAUGHTER IS JUST JOKE TO HIM.HE IS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT IT.AND YOUNG GENERATION IS NOT READY TO LOOK AT THE TRUTH..WHEREAS YOUNG GENERATION CONSIDER LIFE STORY UNFINISHED ,COMPLEX AND DEPRESSING.FOR MODERN GENERATION LIFE OF BOND OF MARRIAGE IS NOT IMPORTANT.THE WRITER HATES THE STORY THAT STAR WITH SENTENCE.
"THERE WAS A WOMEN.................FLLOWED BY A PLOT.......... I HAVE ALWAYS DESPISED.....NOT FOR LITERARY REASON. BUT BECAUSE IT TAKES ALL HOPE AWAY.EVERY PERSON REAL OR INVENTED DESERVES OPEN DESTINY OF LIFE.
SHE FULLY BELIEVES THAT EVERY CHARACTER CAN CHANGE WITH PASSAGE OF TIME .THEREFORE TO CONCLUDE WE CAN SAY BOTH AGES HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR OWN TIMES.BOTH GENERATIONS ARE RIGID AND ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT DIFFERENCE OF POINT OF VIEWS.


SIDRA ZAHOOR


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