Parent-Child-Relationships in Canadian Literature (King, Thomas: Green Grass, Running Water; Laurence, Margaret: A Bird in the House)


Term Paper, 2002

10 Pages, Grade: 2 (B)


Abstract or Introduction

There are many different kinds of parent-child relationships:
On the one hand there is the ‘perfect’ relationship, which means that the
parents love their children and they love their parents. This seems to be
wonderful, but there are also problems. For example, in some cases the
people love their children so much that they become thoroughly spoilt.
On the other hand there is the total ‘family disaster’, which means that in
some cases the parents don’t even have any contact with their children.
Unfortunately, there are many relationships which have this character.
All in all, it is very difficult for parents to build up a really good relationship
to their children. Childhood is the most important time in a human’s life: The
children see their parents as the ‘best’ people in the world and expect them to
behave like this. Later, when the children get older, they develop in different
ways and it will be more difficult for the parents to do the right things. So,
the expectations of the children remain the same, but they make it more
difficult for their parents. In this way, there can develop many problems.

Such parent-child relationships are one of the main subjects in A Bird in the
House by Margaret Laurence and Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas
King. These two novels are about relationships and in which way these
relationships work. Furthermore, it is talked about different kinds of people’s
behaviour and what effect it has on other people.

Details

Title
Parent-Child-Relationships in Canadian Literature (King, Thomas: Green Grass, Running Water; Laurence, Margaret: A Bird in the House)
College
Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald  (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies)
Course
Canadian Literature
Grade
2 (B)
Author
Year
2002
Pages
10
Catalog Number
V23056
ISBN (eBook)
9783638262552
ISBN (Book)
9783638759748
File size
484 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Parent-Child-Relationships, Canadian, Literature, Thomas, Green, Grass, Running, Water, Laurence, Margaret, Bird, House), Canadian, Literature
Quote paper
Lysann Hofmann (Author), 2002, Parent-Child-Relationships in Canadian Literature (King, Thomas: Green Grass, Running Water; Laurence, Margaret: A Bird in the House), Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/23056

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