Dec 9, 2009

A Family Supper | Summary

The story is told from the first-person point of view of the son, but because he reflects on little, the information could as easily be revealed through a very objective third-person narrator. We learn a few facts; we hear dialogue; but the narrator does not tell us his feelings, indicate his reaction to the events of the story, or offer much background information. Indeed, the narrator’s lack of communication—with the other characters as well as with himself and his audience—shapes an important theme of the story: the clash in values between the generation (represented by the...