Blog #1

Blog #1

Theme Statement: The absence of a father during a child's early years can have a negative impact on the child's life.

Literary Device: Flashback

"I was his main man. He was my protector. That is one of my only two memories I have of my father. The other was when I watched him die." (Moore 11)

Analysis: Wesley Moore lost his father from a terrible disease at age three. I think that losing his father changed his personality and him as a person. For example, he had many great memories with his father, because they were like brothers to each other. His father would tell him how to act and how to behave. When he lost his father, he began to lose memories. He grew up not knowing how to handle certain situations.  And without a father, he developed in ways that he might not have if his father had been around. This quote proves the theme statement and shows how both the relationship with his father and his father's death affected him in many ways.