a. What is the significance of the title?
The title, "Shooting Dad" refers to the ending of her personal story, where author Sarah Vowell talks about literally shooting her dad out into the hills. She doesn't mean while hes alive; Shooting his ashes out of his homemade cannon is something he really wants to do when he dies. The title of this story really brings out passion to her story. After all the disagreement, and differences she has between her father, shooting her dad's ashes out into the hills is something that is going to be very special to her.
Her father's life is all about guns. ALthough she hates guns, Sarah later finds out that they are very commen people. They both have their own type of obessive attitude, hers just is music instead. But thats not the only thing in common. She later finds out that she loves the canon he made, and it's something they can shoot together. This part of the story really puts a nice conclusion on it and then It draws in the significance of the title when she notes that her father wants to be shot out of the cannon.
Hi Tyler,
ReplyDeleteSarah struggles with her dad most of her life. What's the significance of her willingness to fulfill his final wishes? Also, what do you think about her sense of humor based on the title she's chosen?
Lauren
Hi,
ReplyDeletewhen i started the story i wondered how it tied in to the story and like the way that Sarah in the end explained the title of the essay. over all i liked the ending i found that it truly brought the whole story full circle to show that she no longer competed with her dad but in the end found common ground with him and eventually realizes that they are almost the same person.
sarah seems to hate her dad and at one point in the story it seems as though she will never talk to him once she leaves the house. but we see big evolution in her that she comes to love her dad for who he is, even if that man doesn't share the same views as her. what do you think of Sarah's evolution through the story?
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler,
ReplyDeleteI did not even think about the title of the story being about her shooting him out of the cannon when he dies. I was thinking more along the lines of him being obsessed with guns and that was their major disagreement while she was younger. It’s great that you were able to realize that, I don’t know why it never occurred to me.
Sabrina