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How do parallels between the characterizations of the narrator and the father point to a theme in the short story Bile?

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""Hate''is the theme in the short story Bile. The narrator and the father do not like each other.

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- Bile's story.

Step-by-step explanation:

The narrator compares a picture of herself to a photo of her father. The photos show the distance the daughter feels with her father. The father's photo shows his history of being a jaw-clenching, wide-eyed man who drank bile. In the narrator's picture, she is a small innocent child holding an ice cream cone. The daughter feels disconnected from her father because she doesn't believe he never had the time to be an innocent child. The characterization also shows how suffering is a part of their family's life. The daughter knows how to respond to her father when offered the bile, because like her father she knows how to survive.

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