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LitCourse 3 How to Read: Finding meaning |
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Evaluating Literature—irony Doc is the opposite of a traditional father:
• undependable (never on time) • childlike in his love of thrill (wants one last ski) • dismissive of rules (removes roadblock) The son seems to be the mature one in the relationship. His exasperation with Doc resembles a father's attitude toward a teenage son. |