The writer used many ways to show the relatioships between charcters in the stories we have studies one of them is Anil. in Anil the writer presents confilct in relationship between the father, Appa, and the son, Anil. Anil is very uncomfortable and scared with his father, we know this because in the story it says " his father was a burly man, a bully to his family" this explains that the relationship between the father and the son is unsual and unsafe. the word "Bully" is used to show negativity and the harmful relationship between Anil and Father.
Through the description the relationship between the characters, presents Anil’s father, Appa, as an abusive bully in his domestic environment, but a coward in the presence of the headman. “a
In addition to this, the word ‘snarl’ suggests it is almost a primal instinct leading her to dislike her sons father, and the referring her to an animal shows the raw emotion inside of her.The story uses foreshadowing within the horses on the moor to present how the father and sons relationship is destined to be broken, and is unfixable.
The contrasting descriptions of the horse show how the story may turn out badly towards the end. At first, we are told the horse is ‘softly curious’; displaying the innocence of the pairs expedition and intentions. However, we are soon told that the horse ‘looks through dark, deep fringed eyes’, suggesting an almost evil malicious intention despite its innocent appearance at first. This change in character foreshadows the events to come as, despite both father and son wanting the expedition to go well, deep down they both know that their broken relationship is far beyond repair. http://www.northleamingtonschool.warwickshire.sch.uk/attachments/article/138/Miss%20F's%20Compass%20and%20Torch%20guide.pdf themes for Anil:

Themes
Dreams of the future
Relationships/ Family – the role of each member of the family
Culture
Childhood
Violence
Guilt
Repression
Fear
Love
Shame
Superstitions: Lack of Education?
Morality – what is right/wrong
Treatment of women
Justice

themes for compass and torch:

Themes:
Relationships (between father & son)
Growing up/ Childhood
Hopes/Dreams
Communication
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