Father Child Relationships in The Chosen, Dead Bodies Everywhere, and S

Father Child Relationships in The Chosen, Dead Bodies Everywhere, and Sherwood Andersons Tandy The novel The Chosen by Chaim Potok presents an important theme that is mirrored in other works of literature. The Chosens portrayal of a dysfunctional father-child relationship is present in the song Dead Bodies Everywhere by the band Korn and in Sherwood Andersons soon story Tandy. All three works depicted fathers who attempted to counterchange their children into someone different. The works acquainted how this could hurt the childrens relationship with their respective father. The pieces of literature also show how this type of dysfunctional father-child relationship can lead to the child finally disavowing their father and previous life. The Chosen, Dead Bodies Everywhere, and Tandy all show Fathers that try to change their children, the damage caused by this effort, and finally the total renunciation by the child of their previous life. In The Chosen, Dead Bodies Eve rywhere, and Tandy the major factor in a dysfunctional father-child relationshi...