death of the father, n.All

Death of the father is a mistaken notion in that, were it true, it would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a father, there would be no reason to tell stories, as every narrative leads back to oedipus and storytelling is always a way of searching for one's origin, speaking one's conflicts with the law, entering into the dialectic of tenderness and hatred.

It's been almost 2 years since my father choked to death on a piece of sushiIt's still pretty raw

The Death of the father is the end of one's childhood — Some fathers, when they go, make one's childhood a gift of as much as a half century.

The Death of the father's parting gift is a half a century of childhood.