Shooting Dad Similarities

This past week, we had to read "Shooting Dad," by Sarah Vowell, and I felt a real connection to the author; she says she lived in, "a house divided," and she and her dad were distant but similar. My father and I have a pretty close relationship, but other than that, I saw many similarities that made me like the piece and think about it even after the assignment was over. 

 Vowell's house was divided because of political differences between her and her father, and her father was very conservative, as is my father. My house, too, is divided because my mom (though she says otherwise) leans more towards being democratic. 

She describes her dad as a gun-loving NRA member and as I was reading this I kept thinking, "That sounds just like my dad!" My father isn't nearly as obsessed with guns as hers is, but he and his friends love to go shooting and he always says he's ready for the zombie apocalypse and threatens to be cleaning his guns when I bring home future boyfriends. Reading another girl's perspective on her father's love for guns was a really weird thing, to be honest because she was so opposed to them whereas I'm more indifferent, and just used to them. 



However, once Vowell realized how similar she and her father really are, I really felt more connected to her; my father and I are extremely similar, and we're also quite like Sarah and her father. We too, are "smart alecky," and I love music, like Sarah, and, as I described earlier, our fathers are both gun fans. 

It's kinda cool to know there are people out there that so closely resemble relationships you have people you are close to.