The two brothers Norman and Paul both need love in their lives. Paul was a ladies man; he spent his summers as a lifeguard so that woman would surround him. Paul was a crowd pleaser he always wanted to be the center of attention. Paul's father made a comment, "I understand the he's changing the spelling of the family name, Maclean with a capital 'L.' Now everyone will think that we're lowland Scotts." This

is a perfect example of Paul getting attention for love. He wanted love so badly that he would go around from one person to another to try to find happiness. He rarely came about it. Norman on the other hand knew that he was love dearly by his family and that one day he would find his true love. Until then he would try to make himself a better man. Love was very important in his life but he knew that it was there for him. The love the two got was from different places and from such different ways that Norman and Paul were never confused.

The two brothers had very different relationships with their father, they both wanted all the love and attention. Paul was one that would get into fights to get attention. He knew he was the strongest so he would always win. Paul was very rebellious he tried to break free of anything his father told him. One thing that he broke free of his fathers teaching was fly-fishing. Paul developed his own way where he keeps the line over the water long enough to bring the fish up to him, he called it shadow casting. Paul had become an artist of his own nothing like his father. Then one day he got all of the attention he wanted. While fishing with his father and brother, Paul caught the big one. Norman said, "At that moment I knew surely and clearly that I was witnessing perfection. My brother stood before us not on the bank of the Big Bl

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)