Grace Paley's My Father Addresses Me On The Facts Of Old Age

Aging is maturing and mirrors every one of the progressions that happen through the span of life. To the youthful, life is about dreams, the middle age is all about working hard to achieve those dreams, and when those dreams are replaced by regrets old age occurs. “I could have done more. I should have done more” (Bob Ebeling), is the way in which night haunts most of us. In my essay I will examine what does the portrayal of regret in Grace Paley’s “My Father Addresses Me on The Facts Of Old Age” teaches us about regrets about education, career and family.
The story is set in a conversation mode of father and daughter, where father decides to teach her daughter: how to grow old. His advices to her daughter are most likely as painful regrets