I will be writing a father’s discourse for this final assignment. The father plays many roles in the life of a family. He has the constant role of supporting the family. Also, a changing role in regards to his children as they grow from infancy to adulthood. Besides, he has to maintain an ever renewable relationship with his wife for the healthy existence of the family, which they have created. Fatherhood is the greatest opportunity to have children and watch them grow at various stages of their lives.
The father goes through many circumstances and experiences while he is performing his duties in the institution of the family. Sometimes he faces challenging conditions which require from him a wise solution to maintain an effective role in the family. He should always deal in a loving manner with all members of his family.
I have chosen this role since I am a father of two daughters who are at the ages of sixteen and seventeen respectively. Also, I have been married for nineteen years, gone through a typical family’s experiences, starting from the point when the family was created with two persons, husband and a wife, and expanded after the addition of new children to the house.
The primary text I will be using is Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul. This book contains many stories that convey a wide range of experiences and emotions that will face a father. It is a book used to provide advice and knowledge to a new father, a to-be father, or a granfather. A father at any stage of fatherhood can read the book and enjoy the interesting, thoughtful, and momentous stores. The stories range from the tribulations of a new-born baby who is looking for support and care, watching that human being grow, learning and passing through adolescence to maturity. Also I will have other secondary resources that will help to build my discourse. I thought about utilizing the TV show “7th Heavean” which examines the life of a big family of a husband and a wife who go through many trials of any American family. In the show, the father encounters many critical family situations that he endures, but tries to use wise judgement to create a happy ending.
My discourse structure will be built of six figures. The titles of the figure are respectively: balancing work and family, special moments, adolescent challenges, helping the wife, maintaning a lovely home, and care of growing children.
