Response to "Faking it"

Weng Yuchao (Wesley)

Dr.Marquardt

ENG1430W10

2015.3.26

                                                Response to “Faking it”

  “faking it” is one chapter of the book “Manhood for Amateurs”, this chapter is about the humanities of a person as a father and husband. The man in this chapter is a person who fixes the towel racks. And he is a man who cares about his family so much. His work is actually a tough one. To support his family, he has to work hard and even take some towel rack back home. Writer used many words to describe his working scenes. There are some similarities between work and life.

 And writer said a man should keep himself up when difficulties come up. As a father, he wants to show what he actually has to his children. I can’t agree more with that, children usually would act like their father, father’s wrong behaviors may mislead the children. But writer is also strangling, because there are always somethings that you can tell your children the truth. He raised an example when he drove with his family through the storm. He didn’t tell children the truth. I think sometime it’s alright to cheat to children if it would not do harm to them. And when he decide to drive through the storm, he doubted himself for a while. But when he saw his family seat in the car and trust him for no reason. He became determined. This another part of manhood, man doesn’t want to his family his weakness.