Essay Questions

Compare and contrast the father-son relationships in “Powder” and “The Night in Question”

In “Powder”, the father adulates his son. The narrator says, “He’d had to fight for the privilege of my company, because my mother was still angry with.” The word fight means that the narrator’s father was unwavering in the quest to be in his son’s life notwithstanding the estrangement from his wife. Also, the father gives his son guarantee that everything will be perfect in the middle of the storm as a considerate father would.

In “The Night in Question”, the relationship between Franky and Frank Senior (his father) was frigid because Frank senior bullied Franky at the pretext of schooling him about no. Frank senior bullied his son instead of guiding him and cheering him on during his childhood. The bullying disintegrates their relationship exclusively.

Additionally, “The Night in Question”, in Mike and Benny have a magnificent father-son relationship. Mike cares about his son, that is why he tags along with him to the night shift during “the night in question”. However, at some point the relationship is laid on the line when Mike is torn between picking between his son and the train passengers.

What is the effect of the names Frances and Franky? (“The Night in Question”)?

Frances and Franky are the foremost characters in the “Night in Question”. The resemblance of their names brings out the bond that attaches them. In other words, their tough childhood, which takes account of names assigned when they were children, amplifies their intimacy.

How would the Biblical perspective be used to interpret the sentence: “By the time he was in second grade he could put the clocks back together, not to mention the vacuum cleaner and the TV and the engine of Mike's old lawn mower "? (“The Night in Question”)

This sentence alludes to the miracles that Jesus started carrying out from the time he was a juvenile. Jesus’ godliness displayed at an early age in the same way that Benjamin’s ingenuity became apparent from the time he was in grade two.

What Opportunity Costs do Mike (“The Night in Question”) and the Narrator’s father (in “Powder) face?

In “The Night in Question”, the opportunity cost of going to the engine room would be the lives of the passenger train. Alternatively, the opportunity cost of lowering the bridge would be the live of Benjamin. In “Powder”, the narrator’s father’s the opportunity cost of staying at the hotel, due to the snow, would be the prospect of never spending time with the narrator.