In the story "Stop The Sun" by Gary Paulsen. It's a story about a boy who's father had has a veteran syndrome. The boy is extremely embarrassed by his dad, bu the finally finds out why his dad does weird things. Then the boy soon doesn't feel as embarrassed by his dad. The main character learns a lot after he really has a talk with his dad, the boy acts by what is on his mind. He doesnt really think of the things he does before he does it.
In the beginning of the story the boy is embarrassed by his dad. "His father was squirmming across the floor on his stomach, he was crying" (P.2) .This shows the boy is embarrassed because he thought he wanted to walk away fast but he didn't. He helped his father up, a lot of events had happened like this, But the conflict reaches a turning point when he actually starts to feel bad for his dad. After he learns what his dad has ((Veteran Syndrome)).
Towards the middle of the story the boy began to learn, why his dad was acting like he was. Then at the end they have a conversation about his dad's Veteran Syndrome. Then the boy feels bad for being embarrassed of his dad. This story connects to theme of "Man Versus society" because whenever something went wrong with his dad, a crowd will be around him. "Terry squeezed through the crowd until he got to the front." (P.2). This connects to "Man Versus Society" being that everyone just watched/ laughed no one cared about the dad having a Syndrome. They all just thought he was weird !
The point of view of this story is by the First person and Third person. First person because the dad has his own thoughts and feelings towards his Veteran Syndrome. Then he has to go out to the world and see what everyone is saying about him. This also connects to the Third person because it has the perspective of his son's idea, and the boy has his own thoughts towards his dad's Veteran Syndrome.
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