Family relationships can be intricate. Your family often have certain prospects about how your life will work out. Sometimes these expectations end up being a burden and preclude further development in life. A mother’s dream for her son must never overshadow a son’s dream for his own life. In “Abduction” one of the highlighted themes is the diversity between being a loving family member and being a manipulating and controlling mother figure.
One of the protagonists in the story is the eldest sister in the family. She is called Ann. Ann is a successful paediatrician who lives in London. She has all the right contacts and her lifestyle is glamorous (p. 2, l. 30-33). Her way of living is a contrast to her upbringing in Manchester. She feels superior compared to her family and is constantly dismissing them (p. 3, l. 42-49). Being as successful as she is she is trying to help out her little brother by offering him a chance to come and live with her in her Kensington-apartment. The little brother and Ann’s lives together start out on a bad term. The sister is indirectly pushing the brother to study media (p. 3, l. 54-59). The sister is very controlling and their relationship has a lot of parallels to some kind of reversed Oedipus-complex: The sister is almost adopting her brother. She is very possessive and is not fond of the brother’s new girlfriend, Marianne: Only the best is good enough for her little brother. Ann and Marianne are the only characters mentioned by name. They are the central women in the brother’s life and they are contrast to each other.
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