Jim’s Confused Family
... what he really feels, but his mother forces him to side with her. Love and affection are not the only things that Jim need, but also guidance. Jim blames his parents for the misery in his family. Jim takes control of the arguments he has between his parents. While Jim was arguing with his mother, Jim turns to his father for support. Jim’s father replies, “This is all going to fast for me.” Jim snaps back at his father, “You better give me something. You better give me something fast.” His father does not help Jim out, and in such a rage Jim begins to choke his father. All Jim wants is his father’s advice, but he never receives it because his mother always speaks for him. In a conversation with Ray (a detective) Jim says his father, “always wants to be my pal. If he had the guts to knock my mom cold, then she’d be happy and she wouldn’t bother him.” Jim wants to confront his parents about his problems that he has and he wants to fix them. His parents want to run away from his problems, but he wants to face those problems with his parents at his side. Jim wants his father to learn how to stand up for himself. Jim’s father does not have respect from his son or Jim’s mother. Several times in the film, Jim turns to his father for advice, but his father backs down because he is indecisive and afraid of his wife. At one incident in the film, Jim’s father drops a food tray on floor that causes a mess. Jim wants his father to leave the mess alone and stand up to Jim’s mother if she were to scold him. His father, not listening to his son, cleans up the mess. All Jim wants is his father to show him how to be a man, but Jim realizes that he is more of a man than his father. Ignorant...