In Okri's short story, the Omovo has a close knit relationship with his father. He looks up to him, and views him as a protective figure, and wise. However, after experiencing the cruelty, and murder of a mysterious woman who was helping children, the boy tries to warn his father of the three soldiers who had killed her. Instead all his father says was to thank the men from bringing him home. In his eyes, he could see this as a sign of betrayal which causes mistrust between son and father.
In the show my So Called Life, the same idea is presented. After witnessing her father talking to a younger woman, his daughter feels betrayal from him and refuses to have anything to do with him if she can help it. She ignores, and disobeys him, trying desperately to catch him doing something wrong so she can fully hate him without feeling confused as to why. This leads to tension in the family.
As both characters grow up, they experience situations thats leads them to distrust and cause tension between them and their fathers. In show's coming of age adolescence because being young and vulnerable, all children look up to their parents for guidance and protection. However, at some point in their lives, something will occur to cause tension between such relationships.
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