The Image of the Father by Simon O.Lesser

P.Asmin Janisha

One words:

1. Where does Hawthorne’s story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” scene take place?      

The scene of Hawthorne’s story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” takes place in New England colony.

2.    What is the time period of Hawthorne’s story "My Kinsman, Major Molineux"?      

The Time was before the Revolution of Great Britain.

3. Who came to the town to seek Major Molineux in Hawthorne’s story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”?

Robin, the boy of eighteen has come to town to seek his relative, Major Molineux.

4. Which short stories are compared in the essay “The Image of the Father”?

“My Kinsman, Major Molineux” and “I Want to Know Why”.

5.  What is the similarity between the two works compared in the essay “The Image of the Father”? 

The emotion felt by the sons for their fathers is made used.

6. What is evident in Hawthorne’s story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”?

In “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” the advantage of alteration is evident.

7. What type of story is Sherwood Anderson’s “I want to know why”?

“I Want to Know Why” is probably more realistic and more moving.

8.     Who is the protagonist in the short story “I Want to Know Why”? 

Jerry Tillford.

9.     What age of adolescence is mentioned in two short stories?

Fifteen

10. Which scene gains additional poignance in the Short Story “I want to know why”?

The farmhouse scene gains additional poignance by stirring feelings experienced at different periods of time.

11. What is the theme discussed in the short story “I want to know why”? 

Infantile tendency and the adolescent discoveries of sexuality.

12. According to Anderson, what does fiction speaks about?                

Fiction speaks with the psyche it is not concerned with logic.

13. The story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” concentrates on what?

         “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” concentrates on the young man’s rebellious and hostile feelings toward an authoritative image of the father.

14. What does the story “I want to know why” describe?

        “I Want to Know Why” describes the frustration of two dear but unfulfillable wishes.

15.What does Hawthorne tell in his story “My kinsman, Major Molineux”?                          Hawthorne tells about unconscious manifestations.

16.What is the puzzling climax of the essay "The Image of the Father"? 

                           Mental inebriety is the puzzling climax.

17. Who is criticizing the essay "The Image of the Father"? 

Simon. O . Lesser.

18. How Robin is denoted in the essay "The Image of the Father"?

Robin may also denote the search of his spiritual father.

19. How can we consider the essay "The Image of the Father" as a psychological one? 

It tells the psyche of the young boys.

20. What are the two wishes described in the story “I want to know why”?

First wish: To deny the sexuality of the parents in order to avoid competition by the father

Second wish: It’s for a love relationship with the father