Father a Boomer
Honestly, this entire book just feels like OK Boomer before it was cool. All I've learned from this book was that if you are a boomer you won't enjoy life. Hear me out... The Father holds on a lot of traditional beliefs and thoughts. We find that he is happier when people abide in their gender roles and their social expectations. We see that he doesn't really live in the present but rather constantly comparing the current time vs the old days. An example of this situation is at the ballgame where all he did was compare the game versus his Harvard games from ages ago. He couldn't enjoy the game because of the fact that there are immigrants in them. Like, I thought he was an old man just from the way he behaves, except he's not, he's like in his 30s or 40s. As a result, He felt isolated, lost, and chronically unhappy. He reminds me of that stereotypical cranky old man telling you to get off his lawn. Mother, on the other hand, accepted the change. Because of F...