In this paper, I would like to examine the development of my personality, concentrating on my relationship with my father. I grew up with two older brothers and my father treated me pretty much equal with them. I remember when I was around the age of 4 or 5 receiving a new basketball for Christmas. My father believed that girls should not be treated any differently than boys. I learned how to play from watching him and …showed first 75 words of 725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 725 total…because he really wanted us to succeed in life and not end up working a factory job like he was. We were part of the working class and his requirements of obedience and respect came as a result of what thought he were the best qualities we needed to possess to succeed. It was then that I realized that my father was not really the harsh dictator that I had always imagined him to be.