“My Oedipus Complex” by Frank O’Connor Essay

In the short story, My Oedipus Complex, Frank OConnor writes of a upstart child who is hale to deal with issues of confusion and jealousy through a first mortal point of view. Through OConnors elements of facetiousness and truth, he explains how such(prenominal) issues create a sort of ironic domins effect and, in this boldness can actually bring people closer together. In the beginning, the young boy displays signs of excitement and contentment when his father arrives unexpectedly on his visits from the war. His pleasant musty smell and Santa Claus entrances and exits intrigue him. As long as his cursory routines are uninterrupted, he remains in a state of appeasement. The juvinile knows zip of the problems the mother and father are facing. He is confined to a mankind all his own.If the point of view were qualifyd in such a situation, hence the father may tell of how naive and innocentthe child is or how oblivios he is to what a horrible condition they are faced with. The plot would change drastically. If the point of view were changed to the third person objective, or dramatic point of view, then the readers would assume their own emotion which would absolutely change the measure of this short story. Other elements such as theme could also be altered if this was seen in third person. The childs feeling of repugnance toward his father could only be seen through this example first person point of view.