Son and uncle mocking the father No. of people coming to meet the father shocks the society Irony in the father looking for perfection when he himself is not perfect Depicts the different relations in the story
Father escaping mrs mccabe in fear of death - impact death can have on people Parallelism between the stoat story and the lives of the characters Unable to accept death
unnamed narrator who comments and provides essential details on character reflections, setting and plot. key symbol of the stoat and the rabbit is majorly explored through the behaviour of the characters and their actions McGahem compares the father’s selfish and predatory motives to the stoat’s animalistic behaviour. human displacement portrays the rabbit as the son who is wanted by the father and the uncle view the son as the stoat due to his personality. The symbol reminds the readers about the sheer ruthlessness of life and how we all have the animalise trait that lurks around. explores the existential problem in finding a meaning for life
Cold sarcastic manner in which the son mocks his father’s will to marry The ease with which son communicates with uncle highlights the distance he has with his father. Parallelism - father giving up on miss mccabe expands distance between father and son
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