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“Any man can be a father…”
True. Any man, with the single exception of priests, can have a wife, marry, produce an offspring, and call himself a father. ... But no matter how he lives his life or how he carries the family, he’s still a father to his child, a father of the family.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson’s “The Father” portrayed to us a typical man, in the guise of Thord, who was too overwhelmed with the nativity of his son. ... He believed that those things were essential in rearing his child, that those procedurals were among his duties as a father in particular, and as a person in general. ... For him, being a father has a boundary, and that it ends up at a particular point in his life. He also believed a father’s duty consisted mainly of giving his son the sacraments required as Christian… and nothing more.
Approximate Word count = 671
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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