Analytical Essay of Crossing by Mark Slouka - 790 Words

Analytical essay of †Crossing† - Mark Slouka â€Å"No love is greater than that of a father for His son† – This quote can be related to the short story crossing, which is written by Mark Slouka. The father (Narrator) has a past where he failed a lot on the family-front, now he is trying to make things better by trying to improve his bond to his son. A relationship between a son and his father is difficult to maintain when the sons father and mother are divorced. The custody is typically awarded to the mother of the child. How would a father behave when he get the chance to strengthen the bond between his son and himself? Mark Slouka has used third-person limited omniscient narrator. This means a few things for the narrative technique.†¦show more content†¦However when the sun shines, later in the story, the father gets into a positive mood. The protagonist in the short story is the father. There is not much dialogue in the short story, so the characterization of the protagonist will be based on actions and not on what they say. As I mentioned in the intro, the father has a past where he failed on the family-front, the background story is shown in this quote â€Å"†¦and at some point he saw her watching them, leaning against the kitchen counter in her bathrobe, and when he looked at her she shook her head and looked away and at that moment he thought, maybe – maybe he could make this right.† In this part of the story he is about to get his son and when he thinks that he could make it right this time, the reader gets an impact that he had done it wrong in the past. So we have a father who have been on astray and are getting on better thoughts. â€Å"No love is greater than that of a father for His son† – the unhappy