Father's Desertion 父亲的抛弃 Henry's mother's death signaled the dissolution of the family. His father took the two boys to live with his brother Clem and his wife. He literally turned the boys over to them to raise, and he disappeared. Henry felt abandoned and rejected by his father, and it did not seem unlikely that there was some reality to this impression. Henry's father was a severely disturbed man. His relationships with his family were intensely ambivalent. His tantrums and violent rages, so easily provoked and often inappropriate, as well as so explosive and destructive, seemed to have a psychotic quality about them. In any case he took the first opportunity to dump his sons. The effect on Henry was profound. He felt as though he were totally abandoned—he had lost both mother and father. In the loss of his mother he felt that he had taken away from him the one person in the whole world who cared anything about him. The rejection and abandonment by his father only intensified and completed the sense of loss. He recalled wistfully that his father cried when he left. But he added with a note of considerable regret and sadness that his father made the biggest mistake of his life when he left Henry and his brother with his aunt and uncle. Father would occasionally visit, and Henry always hoped desperately that he would take him away with him so that his family could be reunited. But he never did. 亨利母亲的去世标志着这个家庭的解体。他的父亲带着两个男孩去和他的兄弟克莱姆及克莱姆的妻子一起生活。他实际上是把两个男孩交给了他们抚养，然后自己就消失了。亨利觉得被父亲抛弃了，这种感觉似乎并非毫无根据。亨利的父亲是一个精神严重错乱的人。他与家人的关系极其矛盾。他的暴怒和狂暴情绪很容易被激起，而且常常不合时宜，其爆发性和破坏性似乎带有一种精神错乱的特质。无论如何，他一有机会就抛弃了儿子们。这对亨利的影响是深远的。他感觉自己被彻底抛弃了——他失去了母亲，也失去了父亲。母亲的离世让他觉得，这个世界上唯一关心他的人也被夺走了。而父亲的拒绝和抛弃则加深并完成了这种失落感。他渴望地回忆起父亲离开时哭了，但接着又带着深深的遗憾和悲伤补充道，父亲在把他和弟弟留给叔叔婶婶时，犯下了一生中最大的错误。父亲偶尔会来看望他们，而亨利总是绝望地希望父亲能把他带走，让一家人重聚。但父亲从来没有这样做。 Not long after, Henry's father remarried. He had moved to another part of the country and started another family. This raised hopes in Henry's mind that perhaps his father would want to try to put the family together again. He begged to be able to rejoin his father. This possibility was resisted for a time, presumably because of his father's reluctance and resistance. Finally a visit was arranged. What Henry found was disappointing. His father was as brutal and tyrannical as ever. He was as harsh and mean to his new wife as he had been to Henry's mother. Larry visited at the time and he and Henry talked about their father. Larry observed that his father did not seem to have learned anything at all. He was cruel, difficult, and hateful as ever. Henry's disappointment was severe. He felt excluded, rejected, unloved by his father and unwanted. It seems reasonable to presume that these were indeed the father's sentiments. Henry held out a slender hope of reunion, however, until his stepmother got pregnant. That signaled the final exclusion. Father had a new family and Henry was not part of it. 不久后，亨利的父亲再婚了。他搬到了这个国家的另一个地方，重新组建了一个家庭。这让亨利心中燃起了希望，或许父亲会想要试着让家人重聚。他恳求能回到父亲身边。这个愿望一度遭到阻碍，大概是因为父亲的不情愿和抵制。最后，终于安排了一次见面。但亨利所见却令他大失所望。父亲一如既往地粗暴专横。他对新婚妻子的态度，就像从前对待亨利母亲一样苛刻吝啬。拉里当时也去探望了，他和亨利聊起了他们的父亲。拉里发现，父亲似乎根本没有任何改变。他依旧残忍、难相处，令人憎恶。亨利极为失望。他觉得自己被排斥、被拒绝，感受不到父亲的爱，也不被父亲所需要。有理由推测，这些的确就是父亲内心的想法。然而，亨利仍然抱有一丝团圆的微弱希望，直到他的继母怀孕。这标志着他被彻底排除在外。父亲有了新家，而亨利并不属于其中。