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1、.1Famliy and marrage.2father.3mother.4Son Billy.5“First” breakfast “last” breakfast.6.7lBilly Kramer: Whens mommy coming back? lTed Kramer: I dont know, Billy. Soon. lBilly Kramer: How soon? lTed Kramer: Soon. lBilly Kramer: Will she pick me up after school? lTed Kramer: Probably. And if she doesnt

2、I will. lBilly Kramer: What if you forget? lTed Kramer: I wont forget. lBilly Kramer: What if you get run over by l a truck and get killed? lTed Kramer: Then Mommy will pick you up. .8lMommy has gone away.lSometimes in the world.l.daddies go away.land mommies bring upltheir little boys.lBut sometime

3、s, al mommycan go away too.land you have your daddylto bring you up.lI have gone awaylbecause I must find.l.something interesting to dolfor myself in the world.9lEverybody has to, and so do l.lBeing your mommy was one thing,lbut there are other things too.l.and this is what I have to do.lI did not g

4、et a chancelto tell you this and that is whylIm writing you now.lI will always be your mommyland I will always love you.lI just wont be your mommylin the house.l.but Ill be your mommylat the heart.lAnd now I must goland be the person I have to be.l .10lDaddy?lNow what is it?lAre you going away?lNo.l

5、Im staying herel with you.lYou cant get rid of lme that easy.lThats why Mommy left,l isnt it?lBecause I was bad?lIs that what you think?lNo.11lThats not it, Billy. Your mom loves you very much.l.and the reason she left has nothing to do with you.lI dont know if this will make sense, but Ill try to e

6、xplain it to you. I think the reason why Mommy left.l.was because for a long time.l.l kept trying to make her be a certain kind of person.lA certain kind of wife that I thought she was supposed to be. And she just wasnt like that.lShe was.lShe just wasnt like that.lI think that she tried for so long

7、lto make me happy.l.and when she couldnt,lshe tried to talk to me about it.12lBut I wasnt listening. I was too busy, too wrapped up.l .just thinking about myself.lAnd I thought that anytime I was happy, she was happy.lBut I think underneath she was very sad.lMommy stayed here longer than shelwanted

8、because she loves you so much.lAnd the reason why Mommy couldnt stay anymore.l.was because she couldnt stand me.lShe didnt leave because of you. She left because of me.lGo to sleep now because its really late, okay?lGood night. -Sleep tight.l-Dont let the bedbugs bite.lSee you in the morning light.l

9、-Daddy?l-Yeah?lI love you.lI love you too.13.14lMy wife-lMy ex-wife says she loves Billyland I believe she does.lBut I dont thinklthats the issue here.lIf I understand it correctly.l.what means the most here islwhats best for our son.lWhats best for Billy.lMy wife used to say to me:lWhy cant a woman

10、 havelthe same ambitions as a man?lI think youre right.lAnd maybe Ive learned that much.l .15lBy the same token, Id like to know.l.what law says a woman is a betterlparent simply by virtue of her sex?lIve had time to think aboutlwhat makes a good parent.lIt has to do with constancy.lIt has to do wit

11、h patience.l.listening to him.l.or pretending to listenlwhen you cant anymore.lIt has to do with love,llike she was saying.lI dont know where it says a womanlhas a corner on that market.l.that a man has any lesslof those emotions than a woman.16lBilly has a home with me.lIve made it the best I could

12、.lIts not perfect.lIm not a perfect parent.lSometimes I dont have enough patienceland I forget that hes a little kid.lBut Im there.lWe eat breakfast and he talks to me,land then we go to school.lAt night we have dinner together andlwe talk and I read to him and.lAnd we built a life togetherland we l

13、ove each other.lIf you destroy that.l.it may be irreparable.lJoanna, dont do that, please.l-Dont do it twice to him.17Try his best to be a good father.18lI woke up this morning.lKept thinking about Billy.l.and I was thinking aboutlhim waking up in his room.l.with his little cloudslall around that I

14、painted.l.and I thought I should havelpainted clouds downtown because.l.then he would think thatlhe was waking up at home.lI came here to take my son home.lAnd I realized he already is home.lI love him very much.lIm not gonna take him with me.lCan I go up and talk to him?lYeah.lWhy dont you go upstairsland see him and Ill wait here.lHow do I look?lTerrific.19Questions:lThis movie is a piece of Feminist Sociology movie.lMarriage is the responsibility both man and woman. lIn the process of man pursuiting self life ,he will hurt the surrounds .lThe mothe win the law ,b