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follower - Coggle Diagram
follower
expert words
"narrowed and angled at the ground"
"clicking his tongue"
"mapping the furrow exactly"
cares for work
experties
focused on work and obsessed
gender roles of the time
skilled,leader,powerfull
"sometimes he rod me on his back dipping and rising to his plod"
lack of inderpendence
vulnerability
closeness
conditional
still focused on farthers perfection in his work
still his farther is focused on his work makes this seem emotionally distant
themes
Changing father-son relationship
Admiration
Identity
Memory
gender expectations
men don't talk about their feelings
this creates a divide and means the bond can never be fixed.men have to be strong and there is no value in weak men
"in his broad shadow"
his dads perfection and skill
wants to live up to his farthers expectations
can't escape his farther's expectations
cant satisfy his dads wishes
metaphor
"i was a nuisance,tripping,falling,yapping"
emphasis on negatives
bad self image
"but today"
roles reverse
society has changed
failed his dad
failure
farm words
"pluck"
"sod"
"headrig"
farming is the only thing he knows about his dad and shares with him
doesn't mtter if the reader doesn't understand.
we are not surpose to it's their thing/connection
"i stumbled in his hob-nailed wake"
trying to be like his dad
being something he is not
critical of himself
insercure,pessimistic,different
"Behind me and will not go away"
has his own achievements
now he is the strong one
only now his farther is giving him attention because of his acheivements
annoyed
"sweating team"
doesn't include him/exclussivly not him
creates his inferority complex
reinstates his care for work over his son
regular and equal stanzas
micks dads perfection in his work
shows the son is like his dad