My Oedipus complex was an attractive short story by Frank O’Connor. This story, as its own unique title, was about the complicated feelings of Larry – the main character and his parents from beginning of the First World War until it ended. The war was the most peaceful period of the boy’s life but everything became complex right after its end and father returned.
Summary:
Father was
away for the first world war. Larry was his mother's only concern during that
time. She and Larry would pray for Father's safe return. Well, he returned and
Larry regretted it in a hurry. Now Larry had to compete with his father for his mother's attention. It was a
bitter battle.
Walking with
Father was like walking with a mountain. When Father wanted to stop, Father
stopped and Larry came to an abrupt standstill.
When a new
baby, Sonny, came into the house, Sonny replaced Father in Mother's bed as
Sonny wailed and wailed. And Father slept with Larry. Larry comforted him.
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