Robert avoids the responsibilities a father has. He does not think about his family’s needs nor does he work to fulfill them. He uses the savings that his wife worked hard on to run his errands. For example, Robert exploits the family’s savings to buy his daughter a chessboard as a birthday gift. Robert’s wife states, “God, Robert, you apply for two jobs and then give up; got the nerve to spend the money I make on expensive gifts”( Scott 76). Robert’s hidden identity is like that of Rashid from the story of “Good Times” by Rion Amilcar Scott. Rashid is a father and an attempted victim of murder who sees himself as a failure at everything he does. He decides to surprise his son by wearing a nasty cookies monster costume on his son’s birthday. The costume costs all his son’s college savings. The day of his son’s birthday, the kids run away at the sight off Rashid due to the smell of the ratty costume and Rashid stays disappointed at himself. The costume symbolizes how Rashid views the world. He wears it to hide his true identity and only takes the costume off when he is with Walter, his confidante(scott 16-17). Both examples show how Rashid and Robert avoid taking full responsibility as the head of their
Robert avoids the responsibilities a father has. He does not think about his family’s needs nor does he work to fulfill them. He uses the savings that his wife worked hard on to run his errands. For example, Robert exploits the family’s savings to buy his daughter a chessboard as a birthday gift. Robert’s wife states, “God, Robert, you apply for two jobs and then give up; got the nerve to spend the money I make on expensive gifts”( Scott 76). Robert’s hidden identity is like that of Rashid from the story of “Good Times” by Rion Amilcar Scott. Rashid is a father and an attempted victim of murder who sees himself as a failure at everything he does. He decides to surprise his son by wearing a nasty cookies monster costume on his son’s birthday. The costume costs all his son’s college savings. The day of his son’s birthday, the kids run away at the sight off Rashid due to the smell of the ratty costume and Rashid stays disappointed at himself. The costume symbolizes how Rashid views the world. He wears it to hide his true identity and only takes the costume off when he is with Walter, his confidante(scott 16-17). Both examples show how Rashid and Robert avoid taking full responsibility as the head of their