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These examples from the story are important, because they signify that adults have over time gathered potentially valulable information that should be passed on to our generation; there are so many things that have been lost already
Later in the story, the boy has
become a man and reveals to readers
that he has forgotten or lost the
gift his father once gave him.
The recurring elements in
this story are things being lost and other things being passed on through generations.
At the beginning of the story, the boy tells readers that his mother passed on to him the gift of spelling and literature.
In this story, the father teaches his son dowsing; the son loses the gift along with his father.
"'Don't feel sorry,' said the man, thinking no doubt of his farm and his childhood; 'nowadays fathers can't pass on anything to the next generation.'"
Motif: Things being passed on and forgotten through generations
The motif shows different examples throughout the story of lessons being taught, lessons being lost altogether, and people who are affected by the loss of these lessons
"Lessons Lost
Through
Generations"
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