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Hej er der nogen der gidre at kigge den igennem..på forhånd tak :)
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The short story was written by Richard Russo and was published in 2003. Ii is told from Hank’s point of view. He is the main character, he is 50 years old, and lives in Connecticut, in the United State of America. He has a wife, Faye, and a daughter, Julie. Julie is married with Russell. The impression we receive of Hank is that he is in control of his life, and tries to keep the control. It is shown clearly when he doesn’t want to talk about his or other people’s feelings. He is sick and getting old.
Julie tries to have the same relationship to her husband like her parents’. Her relationship to her father is very strange; she idolizes her father and makes her father a representative for her husband Russell. But Hank is not the perfect man with his own wife. He has been unfaithful, and maybe he will be it again if he finds a special woman. It is by the way Julie idolizes her father that makes him think about if she actually sees him as a man and if she doesn’t, then how can she sees herself as a woman. It is very important to Hank, because if she doesn’t see him as a man, then is his relationship to women diminutive and meaningless.

Julie's and Russell’s marriage didn’t last for a long time, because they both wanted different things in life. Julie wants the same things as her parents have, a house etc. But her husband wants to have other things and another way of living. He wants a more lively life, full of events and much more. Their marriage has been very limited for Russell. Throughout these dissimilarities are the reasons why Russell hits Julie and treats her. Hank is on Russell’s side and not on his daughter's and her limits for her husband. Actually because her thoughts about having a marriage like her parents, it makes her loose her own marriage.

Hank and Russell have some things in common. Faye and Julie have the same character, and their houses are also the “same”, it is what Julie wants. The difference between Hank and Russell is in the way they choose to live and to handle their conflicting desires. Russell has chooses to behave in a particular way. Also he just wants to follow his instincts. But Hank has lost some of his character, and it is the reason why Julie doesn’t see her father as a man. Later on in the story we get the impression that the relationship between Russell and Hank is not great and they don't have the greatest feelings for each other.
The relationship between them is just friendly, for example they shake hands.
At the end Hank realizes and mentions that Russell doesn’t have to go back to his and Julie’s house because he wants to help Russell, and I think it is a positive step. It shows the reader that Hank has realized that there is a lack in his life and character.

The title,” The Farther You Go”, indicates very important things. For example if a person doesn’t wants to have to loose that something, than the person has to do something about it when there is time for it. Hank didn't do that, but Russell did. Another example is that Hank didn’t tell Faye about his infidelity or other problems. The longer Hank keeps the secret the more he loose.
The themes in the story are relationships and how and what people want to do with the things life gives them. Russell wants to make Julie as happy as her mother.