Abstract
The chapter is from the third part of the novel and it is sixth chapter which runs from page 225 to page 227. The extract, as the title suggests, is dedicated to the narrator's father. The narrator describes in the previous chapter the failed relationship with his mother with whom he can no longer communicate because of the family secrets. She uses "low-intensity warfare" and in order to calm her down, he promises her that he will leave town. In the chapter we are studying, we can infer three main points. The first is 'a father and son relationship', the second is 'facts and fiction' and the third is dedicated to 'a painful quest'. The narrator wanted to discover things, but he realizes that he cannot break years of silence. He comes to know how difficult it is to confront a new vision of the world in light of a past that actually shadows it. Even if it is painful, he accepts the status of outcast.
