"Powder"

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"Powder" is the tale of a young man and his father, and the lack of a loving relationship between the two. The writer explains how the son is more like the man of the family, while the father is often more like a young boy, illustrating the adult in a relationship is not always really the most grown up or mature, and that people can learn about themselves by how they treat their relationships with their loved ones. Includes an outline.

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"Unfortunately, the young man in this story is afraid to speak to his father, "I was supposed to say, 'Right, doctor,' but I didn't say anything" (Wolff). He is also abnormally obsessed with minuscule details for someone who is so young. "True, I always thought ahead. I was a boy who kept his clothes on numbered hangers to ensure proper rotation. I bothered teachers for homework assignments far ahead of their due dates so I could make up schedules" (Wolff). Sadly, this young man has grown up too fast, and has little enjoyment of youth."

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