Why do people take advantage of the important people around them? It is simple; human instinct in modern society is to use the tools around them to better their situation. Despite some people's best intentions, even the most heartfelt attempts at expressing appreciation can fall flat. Although the father's in "Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz" both love their sons, they express that love in completely different ways.
In the poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, the father is a hard working man, who is not appreciated by his family despite everything he does for them. The son talks about how his father gets up early on Sundays to warm the house even after working hard all week. The father warming the house and polishing his son's shoes shows the love he has for his son even if he does not physically express it. The son finally realizes the truth of the past and comes to appreciate his father for all the things he did for him. In "Those Winter Sundays," the father starkly contrasts with the father from "My Papa's Waltz" because of his reserved personality.…show more content… The father loves his son, but is drunk and seems to get a little rough with him, as seen in line 11, "my right ear scraped a buckle" every time his father missed a step (Roethke 293). The father and son are waltzing around the kitchen, knocking pans off the shelves, which is upsetting the mother. The son loves his father and enjoys the dance, but also appears a little scared. The father eventually waltzes the child off the bed with him still clinging on to his shirt. Both the father's interactions with their son is different varying from rough to
