The Sons Veto
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The Sons Veto 'The mother in this story sacrifices everything for a son who doesn't even seem to care about her. Women today would not act like this.' Do you agree? At the beginning of the story, we get our first impressions of Sophy Twycotts son. At the beginning the son is described as: 'a boy of twelve or thirteen who stood beside her, and the shape of whose hat and jacket implied that he belonged to a well-known public school.' Straight away we get the impression that this boy is from the upper class. Soon after this he corrects his mother on her grammar: 'Has, dear mother, not have...surely you know that by now.' This gives us the impression that he does not have a lot of respect for his mother and is a bit of a snob. Throughout the story the son tends to act like a child...

