Unconditional Love In Master Harold, And August Wilson's Fences

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The unconditional love of a parent is required for the good development of a child. Children are influenced by their parent’s actions most at their infant to toddler years. Unconditional love and being a good example is the best way one can raise a child. However, this is not always the case. Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”... and the boys has an absent father still having a large effect on his son Hally. August Wilson’s Fences has Troy being an overbearing father to Cory because of his past with his own father. Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie has an absent father and an overbearing mother, Amanda, to the two children of Tom and Laura. The three plays we were required to read in class all had cases of absent parents and overbearing parents to show the effect a parent can have on a child, even if they were never truly there. The plays show the effect that poor parenting skills can have on their children.
In “Master Harold”... and the boys Hally becomes his father regardless of his father 's absence. Hally and Sam talk for a while and get on the topic of Hally’s home life. Hally was never home due to boarding …show more content…

Even as a parent is absent for majority of a child’s life they create an impact that can change how they treat others and their mental health. A controlling parent can be a burden on the stress level of the child as well. Any child will never know what to do in life if the parent never lets them grow up. Parents are still absent in some children’s lives. Single parents are not always a case of deceased spouses. The child will then think it is okay to leave their lover if they do not wish to take care of the child or be extremely determined to stay in their own child 's life, breaking the cycle. Harming one life is dangerous, but the lives that are harmed to follow is devastating. The psychological state of a child is of utmost importance, especially when there is something to damage

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