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    This document is about a writer's relationship with his father. It provides details about the writer's early memories of his father returning from war when the writer was almost 3 years old. It describes the writer having a close relationship with his gentle mother but being terrified of his cruel father who often beat him. The writer had different, more sedentary hobbies like drawing and painting that he inherited from his artistic mother, which his ambitious and physically active father despised.

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    This document is about a writer's relationship with his father. It provides details about the writer's early memories of his father returning from war when the writer was almost 3 years old. It describes the writer having a close relationship with his gentle mother but being terrified of his cruel father who often beat him. The writer had different, more sedentary hobbies like drawing and painting that he inherited from his artistic mother, which his ambitious and physically active father despised.

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    International Islamic School System (Pakistan)

    Essential Islamic Knowledge with Quality Academic Education in Conformity with Shari’ah
    Unit # 1 My Relationship with my father

    Answer the following question.


    1. In what year was the writer born? How do you know?
    Ans. He was born in 1942. I know this because he was almost three year’s
    old in 1945.
    2. Where was the writer when he first recalls seeing his father?
    Ans. He was in bed.
    3. What two reasons does the writer give for mentioning the day his
    father returned from the war?
    Ans. He mentions it because it is his earliest memory and because it
    represents their subsequent relationship.
    4. How did the writer’s relationship with his father differ from his
    relationship with his mother?
    Ans. He was terrified of his father, who was cruel to him, but he had a close
    relationship his mother who was gentle to him.
    5. Why was it fortunate that the writer’s father was not often at home?
    Ans. It is because the father bullied the son and often beat him.
    6. What three qualities helped the writer’s father to gain rapid promotion
    in the police force?
    Ans. He had ambition, keenness to work long hours, and the ability to do
    the job well.
    7. What word in paragraph # 3 tells us that the writer’s father did not like
    talking about the war?
    Ans. The word is “reticent”. He felt so because he had some terrible
    experiences during his year of front.
    8. Explain in your own words what probably caused the mental and
    emotional scars that the writer mentions in paragraph # 6
    Ans. The mental scars were probably caused by the fact that his father did
    not allow him to express his own opinions. The emotional scars caused by
    his father’s behaviour.
    9. What is “sedentary” about the writer’s hobbies, and why does this
    make them “diametrically opposed” to those of his father?
    Ans. They are described as sedentary because they are done sitting down
    with little physical movement. This makes them the complete opposite of
    the father’s hobbies, which involve much more physical activity.
    10.From whom did the writer inherit his drawing and painting skills? How
    do you know?
    Ans. He inherited them from his mother, who is described as artistic.
    11.Do you think the father was right to despise his son? Give reasons for
    your answer.
    Ans. No, he should not have despised his son because he enjoyed doing
    different things.

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