The First Seven Years Essay -- essays research papers

Growing and limiting is a part of life that no one is exempt from. This fact influenceseveryone, whether it be a young infant learning to share or an old man learning to allow go. Feld, in The First Seven Years, finds that he has to let go of some(prenominal) of his own issues toallow his daughter to undergo her own growth and learning.      Feld is the exemplary father, he wants only the best for his daughter. Feld wants thebest education, the best man, the perfect life. He believes that ,as a farther, he can makeher life perfect exclusively by telling her the necessities of life. However, after severalincidences Feld understands that he must learn to let go. He discovers that he must let goof displace her to college, "He had begged her to go.." he had to let go of the fact thatMiriam would not follow the perfect man. "Let her marry an educated man and live abetter life." In the end Feld learned that he could not transmute his daughters f uture in anyway. The only thing he could do is to nutrition his silence. "Then he realized that what he hadcalled ugly was not Sobel, moreover Miriams life if she married him." When Feld explains to thereaders that Miriam is always reminded him that she wants allowdom, he is revealing to thereader that he is growing and beginning to understand that he has to let go so, Miriam isfree to live her life, and make her own mistakes.     Although, being able to let go is...