My Oedipus Complex by Frank O’Connor

My Oedipus Complex by Frank OConnor My Oedipus Complex is a story about a green boy of 5, Larry, who grows up in his own safe world with just himself and his mother. He is attached to his mother and wants her to belong only to him and considers his find a adjoin ? for her attention. However, when his father returns from WWI, a man whom Larry hardly knows, it is a constant battle between the two for the mothers admire and attention.Larry is jealous of losing his mothers undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. There are tree main characters in the story Larry, his mother and father. Larry is a creative and visionary boy. He gives his legs names Mrs. Right and Mrs. Left and invent dramatic situations for them in which they discussed the problems of the day. They discuss what mother and he should do during the day and what presents Santa Claus should give a first mate for Christmas.He is full of joy, feeling rather like the sun, re ady to illuminate and rejoice. He is a kind-hearted boy, thinking about his mo. The novel My Oedipus Complex pen by the famous Irish short storywriter Frank OConner, in my opinion, is more a spiritual exploration of the problems of youth and growing-up than just a childlike story told by a little kid. The dramatic experience of Larry (both the narrator and the protagonist of the novel) seems to be the representation of part of our childhood stories.So let me open a brief analysis of the theme of the passage by looking into Larrys character and what Larry went through in his heart in this story. While his father was fighting in the WW1 and rarely went back home, Larry was enjoying himself and relishing all of his mothers attention and care, just as what he said in the one-third paragraphthe war was the most peaceful period of my life.However, things started to turn bad when his father came back and stayed at home his mums love for him was shared by a stranger, he was told to sh ut up when the stranger was either talking or sleeping, and perhaps worst of all, he give up the right of climbing into the big bed and sharing his schemes with his mum every morning. These changes so upset and saddened him that, eventually, the boy became rebellious and declare an open and avowed war against his father, in which the two just contended for the mothers attentions and care.As we know, to Larrys disappointment, however hard he tried or whatever he did, he proved to be always on the disadvantaged side in the war. Then the author depicted an interesting dialogue between Larry and his mother, which whitethorn be construed as a reflection of the title My Oedipus Complex, but, according to me, it also perfectly reveals a change and maturation of Larrys inner heart, for to be a husband means loads of responsibilities. What brought about the next big change in this family as well as the climax of the story was the origin of little sonny.