1970 Colombian

The relationship between Willhelm and his father is a very sad one. However, I think it is not the worst father-son relationship I have heard of. Unfortunately, here in Colombia, especially some years ago, men were forced to study the same career as that of his father, even if he didn't like it.
"What? I'm not going to have a chef under my roof! You must stay in the family business and be a lawyer, like me and your grandfather and your great-grandfather."This was a very common line,according to my father and his friends. Sometimes they actually wanted to stay in the family business, but most of them didn't, and where forced to. This was how it worked some years ago here in Colombia, and I think Willhelm's father is very much like that. Maybe the same movement that took place here in 70's took place in the US back in the 40's, but maybe it never happened and Willhelm's father just behaves like a 1970 Colombian father. My father's father died before my father went to college, so he didn't live that with his father, however when he told my uncle, who is 14 years older than him, that he wanted to be an architect, he found the following reply:
"Which architect do you know in the family?"
So my father had to quit architecture and now is an economist, which is a profession he likes a lot, but maybe he would've liked architecture more. It's sad that parents expected their children to live the exact same way they did. Nowadays you're allowed to choose your own life without your parents expecting you to live like they did. It's great that we've left behind that selfish culture.