Some consider the most important aspect of the nuclear family is that of the relationship a child possesses with his parents. True, although, without this relationship, a child can still turn out to be a well-behaved child. However, in turn, they can also develop a defiant nature against their elders. Likewise, there are many other aspects that concern these relationships. For instance, there is the neglect that a child can receive from his parents, or that having a dominant mentor. Though these are merely a few of the examples of the parent-child relationship, there is one fact that cannot be denied. In some facet, all parents have an association with their children. This association can be seen in “Barn Burning”, “A Rose for Emily”, “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, and others.Dominating parents are seen throughout “A Good Fan is Hard to Find.” A dominating dead parent is seen throughout “A Rose for Emily”, and “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter.” Dominating parents can be a nuisance as seen in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” The grandmother still lives with her son, Bailey, and tries to control him and his family. First, the grandmother wants to go to Tennessee, so she nags Bailey at every chance she gets. She says, “The children have been to Florida before, . . . you all ought to take them somewhere else . . . they never been to East Tennessee” (O’Connor 385). By this time, even Bailey’s children thinks she is getting annoying and comment, “If you Mosley 2don’t want to go to Florida why dontcha stay at home?” (O’Connor 385). The grandmother, being the dominating elder she is, gets her way, even “tries” to dominate the misfit, which results in her death. On the other hand, Emily and Mabel are seen as living in the lives of their fath...
