Question

In Elizabeth Baines' "Compass and Torch," which of the following best decribes the relationship between the father and the son?

The son wants desperately to please his father. The father barely pays any attention to the son, and then silently worries that he is losing him.

The son has lost all feeling for his father, and the father feels hopeless to change it.

The father has lost all feelings for his son and no longer wants to be involved with him in any way. The son senses this, and it makes him angry.

The son sees that Jim is a much better father than his biological fathe