My Oedipus Complex February 5, 2008
Posted by fs2004 in Uncategorized.Tags: Frank O'Conner, Oedipus Complex, Psychology in Literature
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-Frank saw very little of his father when growing up because his father was in WWI
-The day his father comes home from the army, Frank is so anxious to talk to him that he interrupts his mother
-When taking a walk with his father, Frank constantly stops walking, which annoys him
-Upon arriving home, Frank continues to interrupt his mother when she is speaking to his father.
-Early in the morning, after promising not to wake his father, Frank does so anyway.
-That same morning, Frank shouts insults at his underslept father
-As time went on, Frank realized that he was getting what he wanted, that is, his father left him alone with his mother
-Frank tells his mother that he would like to marry her
-Frank’s mother has a baby
-One night, Frank wakes up and finds his father in bed with him. They do not fight.
Good summary, but some of your bullets could go further. For example, how does the arrival of the baby change the dynamic in the household? And closer to the beginning, how does the father’s absence change the relationship between the narrator (who is named ‘Larry’ by the way!) and his mother? But you’ve covered the arc of the story well.