analysis of a novel

Analysis of the Novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

The novel tells the story of a dysfunctional family where the father abandons his family , and the three children were left to the care of their volatile-tempered mother . The children grew up to become successful in their own way but not without having experienced verbal and physical abuse from their mother who never understood why her husband decided to abandon them (Tyler 10 . They brought their painful childhood with them as they grew and it manifested in the way they dealt with their

own family , except for Ezra who never married

Cody is the eldest who was always jealous of Ezra . He claimed that Ezra was always his mother 's favourite child as a result he never missed an opportunity to bully his brother and make him look foolish or crazy in their mother 's eyes . Despite all his efforts , Cody never saw Ezra punished and this made him more resentful of his brother and mother After his mother 's funeral , he referred to her as a raving , shrieking unpredictable witch . Cody only saw and remembered all the unpleasant things he experienced with his mother . Even when already settled with his own family , he narrated to them his mother 's abuses at every opportunity he could get . He viewed his mother as ill-tempered who never saw his good side . And this made him meaner especially with his brother He also saw her mother as someone who terrorized them , hit them , and...