In Notes of a Native son the narrator´s father according to the narrator is described as a person that is unsociable, that cannot interact well with other people, maybe a little shy, this can be understood because of his problems as a black man and how racism affected him all through his life, how that life that he wanted to live, and maybe desired for his son wasn´t actually available for him, it was maybe more that the situation surrounding him was what made him Unsociable, rather than him being like that all along.
to convince the public to support an idea to entertain the audience by describing a recent event to explain a complicated political process to showcase the speaker's public speaking skills.