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It’s a story about a little family consisting of Oskar, Margret, and their little child Jonas. They live by the lake and their son Jonas is about 6 years old. They are all sitting in the living room making conversation and drinking their coffee. Margret is holding her son as he is falling asleep in her arms. Shortly after she takes Jonas to the bedroom and makes sure that he is safe and sound.
Later on Oskar decided to keep his promise about going fishing with Jonas. Margret weren’t so excited about that idea because she meant it was too late. Oskar and Jonas didn’t catch any fish on their journey, so there was no satisfaction shown from Jonas’s side.
Oskar tells Jonas that it’s time to go home, and that the fish has gone to sleep. Before they decided to go home, Oskar wanted to give his son some turns in the boat. But accidentally they hit tiller and the boat collapsed. Oskar was in the water swimming around and trying to find Jonas, when a white boat suddenly appeared. A man in the white boat (Vilhelm) helped them back to shore.

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Margret:
As a person Margret is very careful and loving, as we read when she safely puts Jonas to sleep. But she seems to be the weakest link in the relationship between her and Oskar. She is easy to manipulate.

Oskar:
Oskar is a very irresponsible father who does not understand the consequences of his actions. For example he tries to impress his son Jonas by driving wild and crazy with the boat and he loses his concentration and crash the boat.

Vilhelm’s role in the story:
Vilhelm rescued them and prevented them from drowning and because of that he of course plays a big role in the story. But on the other hand Vilhelm who was on the white boat was the reason for the boat crashing. Oskar wanted to impress Jonas by out-speeding Vilhelm.
A good Father
I unfortunately didn’t have a father or a mother in my upbringing. I was raised by my aunt. But I think a father or a father figure plays a big part in a child’s upbringing. For my luck I had my aunt’s son and I saw him as my brother. He was a role model for me and he taught me how to be disciplined. He also taught me how to have respect towards other people and he kept me away from crime and drugs.
But a father should always be responsible for teaching his children about what is right and wrong and also teach them about life’s difficult challenges.

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