Fear Essay, Research Paper

Gabriela Mistral has illustrated a very hole some loving protective mother in

”Fear”. If she could exchange places with the father created by Joao Guimares

Rosa, ”In The Third Bank of the River”, the family specially , the sons would

have never been devastated. Mistral has created a mother who truly loves her

daughter. She is afraid that society will influence her daughter’s future by

making her a royalty her concern is expressed when she said ”I do not want them

to make my child in to a princess” (23-24 Mistral) The mother visualizes her

daughters childhood with a simple life, but a very caring and loving

environment. The role of the father in ” The Third Bank of the River” would

change the meaning of the story, this is because the father would been someone

who would give all of his life to his children. In the story the son describes

his father as ” a Dutiful, Orderly , Straightforward Man. The personality of

the father with the mother from ”Fear ” would make the son very happy ,

because the father would of been someone who would show a genuine love for his

family. This is very important knowing that he would of made the mother very

happy ,because the mother in the story reflected no happiness throughout the

story. She was the one that ran the house hold , but the impediment of her life

was her husband. Having a partner in life with a personality of protective,

caring, loving, and grateful man would of made this family very close, and the

mother would of felt very happy knowing that there was someone looking out for

her. In the story this never happened. The father left his family without any

remorse. Physically he was close to them, but spiritually he never took part on

any of their life. In the poem ”Fear” the mother doesn’t want her daughter to

grow up and leave her. In the story written by Rosa this doesn’t happens to the

son. Unfortunately the boy blamed himself for his father’s actions. He thinks

that his dad never loved him and he thinks that he left, because he wasn’t a

good son. I f the son had experienced the love and support from his dad

throughout his life , this would of had a big impact in his future. Life would

of mean something to him, instead he blamed himself for something that he was

not responsable for.