It could be argued that both Tateh and Ruth run their households in a tyrannical manner. Why does Ruth succeed and Tateh fail? How are they the same?

Ron Michael Miraflores

is a memoir by American writer . The autobiography focuses on the
life of his mother, Ruth, as well as James McBride's close relationship with her. Ruth was a
white woman of Jewish descent who married James's father, Andrew Dennis McBride, an African
American pastor during the 1940s, a time when interracial marriage was uncommon and looked down
upon by society.

Ruth decided to abandon her family and her Jewish faith,
mainly due to her father's tyrannical and devious behaviors. Her father, a rabbi nicknamed
Tateh, was a hypocrite in his beliefs. Examples of cognitive dissonance include cheating on his
crippled wife with other women whilst preaching the teachings of the...

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