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Jane Chyun, E block

Question : What would be the father's intentions of him making his son to travel to Palace of God?

Title : True meaning behind


 * The intentions of his father of his son's journey is to make his son well -experienced, finish the responsibility as a priest and to be mature.** At the begining of the story, father, the priest, allowed his son to go to the journey to the palace of god. Excited, Elated, inspirited, John believed that the Palace of god was so sacred that he will die when he land there. The intentions of the priest allowing his son for the trip is to make him realize the reality and to do the responsibility of priests. I think he knew that the priests are the leader who have a responsibility of realizing the truth and reality to control religious people without violating their rules or faiths . Think about how desperate and the sullen faces of the religious people who have just lived their entire life for their beloved god and saw the destroyed palace of god. He said to John "This is a very strong dream," he said." It may eat you up." and approved John's journey. This quote shows that he is warning his son of the non expected outcomes and disappointments that he will go through . We can also see how much he loves his son by his worries. Moreover at the end when John came back he said, "Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth. It was not idly that our fathers forbade the Dead Places." These indicates that he wants his son to control and lead people based on the experiences and the truths he realized. Nowadays, my parents always want me to experience many events including hardships and problems by myself and get mature. Like the father of John they say I need to get ready for a future when I have to leave for the college and live by myself. Even though it might hard for me to deal with hard events hard, I will appreciate their actions because I know their real meanings and intentions behind.