sentences:  He is glad that his father died early in his life so that he wouldn’t have to be disappointed with the directionlessness of his son's life ("I have never in my life been on my way anywhere").The mother's own somewhat eccentric behaviour meant that the two of them never became close; neither had spoken to the other in years following a dispute over money (perhaps his inheritance).The man talks of love but a love of the local flora (he is not far travelled) and imaginary fauna (creatures he has dreamt of), certainly not people.