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What perspectives do Harrison’s poems open up on his relationship with his parents and family background in general? Tony Harrison’s family background and his relations with his parents is one that both confuses and overwhelms us. I use the pr ....

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... supposed to be the bright boy at description and you can’t tell them what the fuck to put!” This is the general reflection of the poets family life, behind these two lines there is great love, for both the mother and the poet, yet the father is unable to show this love, he feels the obligation to be the emotional rock of the family, his role as the father. Harrison’s father had great love for him, however Harrison resented the way that he put him down, however the father was proud of the son but had no way of conveying this emotion. In later life Harrison did not think of his father as an illiterate wreck, who had no chance of glory. The ...