Question

“It’s his first exposure to Third World passion. He thought only Americans had informed political opinion - other people staged coups out of spite and misery. It’s an unwelcome revelation to him that a reasonably educated and rational man like Ro would die for things that he, Brent, has never heard of and would rather laugh about. Ro was tortured in jail. Franny has taken off her earphones. Electrodes, canes, freezing tanks. He leaves nothing out. Something gotten into Ro.

Dad looks sick. The meaning of Thanksgiving should not be so explicit.”


What is his attitude towards brent(dad) how do you know?

Answer 1

The narrator’s attitude toward Brent (Dad) is disparaging. This is clear through the details included by the author that make Brent appear uneducated. Brent and Ro are contrasting characters and Ro is described as “a reasonable educated and rational man”. Therefore, it is assumed that Brent is not reasonably educated or rational.

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