(643) Growing up, my older sister was bullied a lot and I saw the repercussions –high insecurity, a lot of tears-which made me begin to defend not only my sister but anyone else who I saw getting bullied. As a result of an abusive childhood, Frances grows up protecting Frank from everything she feels “unaccountable joy” by protecting him because she loves him so much and nothing brings her greater joy than protecting him. As the story is told in Frances’ point of view, we are able to see how much she has sacrificed for her brother to keep him safe. (638) Once their mother died, Frances begins to defend Frank constantly and even takes some of Frank Senior’s hits herself to save Frank. Frances went against the example that was set by her mother and told her brother to “stand up for himself” because she loved him and couldn’t bear to see him continually beat by their father. Frank Senior had decided to teach Frank “the meaning of the word no” which escalated into trying to break his son but “Frank would not break.” (638-639) Frances saw that her father was wrong, but her mother never opposed it. Frank and his father, Frank Senior, had a negative father-son relationship because Frank Senior abused Frank starting when he was just a little kid. “The Night in Question” by Tobias Wolff reveals the relationship between a protective older sister, Frances, and her little brother, Frank.
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