At the beginning of the selection, richard

I think this was taken from “Black Boy” by Richard Wright.  He sees his father as a stranger.  The reason for this is because his father is not home all the time.  This may be the reason why they don’t connect.

the penalty for defying creon's decree is death, as can be seen in the tragedy. if you do obey him however, all is forgiven

its everything except for telling nonfiction and using first person