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Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies), course: Canadian Literature, language: English, abstract: 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 dont 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 humans 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 parentchild 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 peoples