A Father's Story 'Participant A'

When Participant A was asked if the father had hurt other living beings, there was a long pause of silence. Participant A remembers being a regular victim to the neighbor’s Doberman Pinchers, when they managed to jump their fence would sometimes give chase not just to this scared youthful child but also to anything which passed that house. When the father finally discovered what had transpired he deliberately poisoned some hamburger and fed it to the dogs resulting in their demise. In another example recollected, the father took a beloved cat across a bridge over a river and did the unthinkable. Participant A in this moment stopped and went silent before continuing, the recollection was painfully deep with emotions, took a moment to look at a flower nearby, collect and restore balance to the senses within and then continue with what

The father at first said it was because the cat had turned up pregnant, but later stated it was a result of Participant A failure to care of the cat. Participant A, being young, had not seen how the cats pregnancy could have been prevented. This created profuse confusion with the value toward all life and decimated the potential of regard for the father to have a human-nature connection. The father’s conduct led Participant A to ponder what was had been done wrong and why was this small child so irresponsible. Both parents disregard for another living being remained present even as time passed and Participant A was approaching adulthood, the parents neglect for all life, no matter how close to them, remained present, especially when the parents had become terminally ill and Participant A was called to deal with the