Just because your dad does not always say that he loves you doesn't mean that he doesn't. Romulus in the novel does not verbally express his love to Raimond even though he valued rigorous truthfulness above most things and that he would never willingly lie as Raimond recollected. Instead he expressed his love through care and devotion to Raimond, walking "up to eighty kilometers for a litre of milk or for a small sack of beans." Additionally Romulus also expressed his love to Raimond to Mrs Smolak but not Raimond maybe fearing that it would affect the way he grew up. Romulus was overheard by Raimond saying that "My son was everything to me." I told the student that this was a perfect example where love can be expressed in defferent forms and that you don't have to be told that your loved. Instead you should be able to feel it through your fathers actions.
In the adult life, not everything is as black and white as it seems and that sometimes grown ups must sacrifice their leisure......
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