> If you'll take his word at face value, the father didn't really have any motives aside from making his daughter happy. But the author is dead, so we're bound

> If you'll take his word at face value, the father didn't really have any motives aside from making his daughter happy. But the author is dead, so we're bound to analyze this in terms of Theory and come to actual conclusions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author (Whether I'm being sarcastic is entirely up to you.)