Reading the second part of the poem hasn't changed m opinion of the character.
Throughout the poem we learnt tat the father character is not over the death of his wife, which happened two years ago, its really cute how he still caters for her by 'putting a hot water bottle on her side of the bed and still went to renew her transport pass'.
When i was reading the poem it just made me feel sorry for the father because its like he has lost his true love and his son doesn't really have time for him because he has grown up and has a busy lifestyle, also that no matter how he tries he will never be able to fully recover of his grief that he has over his wife and the pain that he feels will never fade. The thing that upsets me the most is that he feels the need to hide all of his wife's stuff whenever someone comes round as if he is doing something wrong, to make it look like he is alone, surly its wrong that he has to do this? Surly its understandable that he has lost his wife and he is going to take some time to recover.
The son is telling the reader what his father does in his free time, its really depressing but cute at the same time that the father is so obsessive of his wives possessions that he has no longer got anytime to spend time with his son, who has become neglected.
The father is convinced that the mother will one day return, thinking that he would one day ' hear her key scrape in the rusted lock and end his grief' However the son believes that 'life ends with death and that is all' this is a negative thought
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