This story was very sad just like the other O'Connor story we have read. In both stories we have read, the author ends them with saddness and guilt. In comparison to "Everything must Converge" when the mother dies and Julien, the son, is left to feeling some guilt for his whole life for what he said before she dies relates to "The Lame Shall enter First" because the father spent so much time on another boy when he failed to realize his own son needed him. When he finally realizes he needs to tell his own boy, Norton, how much he means to him he finds him dead.
I can't say I like this story because the ending was kind of morbid and nobody came out happy. But like the first story we read of O'Connors, we learn a lesson. You dont know what you have till its gone and it teaches you to not take things for granted. Life is too short. And sure the father was trying to help another boy butyou have to make sure your okay and the people around you are as well before you can go on helping others.
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I agree with you. I did not like the ending either. Life is too short and people should really learn to appreciate what they have before it is gone. He should have paid more attention to his own son before trying to help the other boy. Norton just needed attention and love from his father. Maybe he would not have killed himself without the influence from Rufus and if he had gotten the attention he needed from his father. We did learn a lesson in this story just like O’ Connors first story that we read. I think parents should always give attention to their own children first especially when the other kid didn’t want the help.
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