Similarities Between Boxing Day And Families
According to the United States Census Bureau, there is a total of 70.1 million fathers in the United States. But the main focus will be on the father from“Boxing Day” and the father from “202 Checkmates,”In the book “Insurrections: Stories,” by Rion Amilcar Scott. When it comes to these two fathers, they both tend to talk about the past and have had a strong passion for their hobbies; however, their father's hobbies affect their relationship with their families differently. One similarity that the father from “Boxing Day” and the father from“202 Checkmates” have in common is that they both tend to talk about the past. In “Boxing Day,”by Rion Scott, the main character states “My father, he says, used to always tell me about the day after Christmas.
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The difference is how their hobbies affect their relationship with their family.In “Boxing Day” the father relationship with boxing affects the relationship with his family in a negative way.In “Boxing Day,”by Rion Scott, the father stated “Stay up here, kid, he said. I’m about to beat that thing till it cries. Yep, gonna be down there a while.”(54). The father stated this towards his son and it shows that the father tends to distance himself away from his son when it comes to his hobby, which weakens their relationship.In “202 Checkmates,” the relationship with chess affects the relationship with his family in a positive way. In “202 Checkmates,” by Rion Scott, the main character stated “ When I ripped the paper from the box, I could do nothing but stare at my gift. It was green marble chess board. I ran my fingers along the clear glass that covered the thick emerald base. The white were a shiny crystal, the dark pieces a frosted gray. It was heavy. My father grunted as he moved it to the center of the table for us to play.”(.75).The father tends to share his interest in chess with his daughter by buying her a chess board and play with her, and with this it strengthens their relationship since they both are enjoying the new chess
The difference is how their hobbies affect their relationship with their family.In “Boxing Day” the father relationship with boxing affects the relationship with his family in a negative way.In “Boxing Day,”by Rion Scott, the father stated “Stay up here, kid, he said. I’m about to beat that thing till it cries. Yep, gonna be down there a while.”(54). The father stated this towards his son and it shows that the father tends to distance himself away from his son when it comes to his hobby, which weakens their relationship.In “202 Checkmates,” the relationship with chess affects the relationship with his family in a positive way. In “202 Checkmates,” by Rion Scott, the main character stated “ When I ripped the paper from the box, I could do nothing but stare at my gift. It was green marble chess board. I ran my fingers along the clear glass that covered the thick emerald base. The white were a shiny crystal, the dark pieces a frosted gray. It was heavy. My father grunted as he moved it to the center of the table for us to play.”(.75).The father tends to share his interest in chess with his daughter by buying her a chess board and play with her, and with this it strengthens their relationship since they both are enjoying the new chess