# His Son — Some Thoughts Concerning Education character guide

> His Son in Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** his son, himself

**First appearance:** 0001-some-thoughts-concerning-education

## Snapshot

The boy whose father dreams he might become a poet — a wish Locke treats as a warning, since Parnassus is pleasant air but barren soil.

## Who they are

This son appears in Locke's sharpest aside: if a father wishes his boy a poet, he should consider what company and places a successful rhymer frequents, and how seldom anyone mines gold from Parnassus. The tension is between paternal ambition and worldly ruin, poetry and gaming usually going together. He matters because he crystallizes Locke's suspicion that cherishing a poetic vein is the surest way to unfit a young gentleman for every other calling.

## Relationships

### [A Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_thoughts_concerning_education_se/characters/a_child)

_family_

A child is referenced as someone's son, emphasizing the parental relationship and responsibility.

### [Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_thoughts_concerning_education_se/characters/children)

_family_

His son is a specific child within the group, used to discuss individual differences in upbringing.

### [A Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_thoughts_concerning_education_se/characters/a_child)

_family_

A child is referenced as someone's son, emphasizing the parental relationship and responsibility.

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