This is evidenced by the short film where the son persisted on using his phone and disregarded his father’s comments on his addiction. He did not bother much about his father’s feelings and instead let distractions pull their relationship even more distant. When his auntie came over to discuss this disruption in the family with him, he argued that her opinions were nonsense as “she had not experienced being his child”. This implies that the son felt that he was given ill treatment by the eldest brother as he was his son. He thought that this treatment was unreasonable and that no one else would understand him. Therefore, he resented his father and disagreed with his habit of making popiahs annually. His auntie then stepped out of the room, feeling hurt by his words. During the prayer, the family expressed their tribute and respect to their deceased father. Seeing this, the son then reflected on his words and took the point of view of his father and understood why he would make popiahs annually instead of simply going for a buffet. He remembered that his father had said that it was the skin that binds the popiah together. This implies that it was the relationship the family shared and how close they were that mattered, not what they possessed. The son felt immensely guilty.

Eventually, the son expressed his understanding of his father’s “popiah-making” habits by sitting down and making some popiah for him to eat. This implied that the son had given in to this tradition and hopes to seek his father’s forgiveness for being stubborn at the start. Hence, there is an evident change in the relationship after the son reconciles with his father.  

In contrast, the parent-child relationship in Sredni Vashtar only consisted of  hatred throughout the story.

This is evidenced by Conradin wishing that Mrs De Ropp were dead countless times throughout the story. He even went so far as to pray for her demise at the one thing he believed was god, his ferret. Conradin would be confined in his room by Mrs De Ropp as she wanted him to suffer by himself, with only his imagination to accompany him. Mrs De Ropp would spite Conradin by selling his chicken. She would then rub salt on his wound by making him his favourite breakfast. She hoped that he would be unsatisfied with his breakfast and continue sulking over the loss of his chicken. Conradin would pray daily that his “god”, Sredni Vashtar would brutally mutilate Mrs De Ropp so that he would have a sense of freedom. Mrs De Ropp knew that Conradin was hiding something from her, she wished to get rid of anything that served as entertainment or enjoyment for Conradin. She snatched the keys and barged into the backyard. Conradin stood in the house, hoping every second that Sredni Vashtar would fend for itself and kill Mrs De Ropp. This eventually came to be when Mrs De Ropp went to check on the ferret and was killed by it. Conradin’s celebration at her demise also further exemplifies the extent of his hatred. Both parties made no attempt to reconcile their relationship and instead seethed at the thought of each other day by day, but this time only served to escalate the emotional pain that Mrs De Ropp. had inflicted on Conradin

The relationship between Conradin and his guardian is not very similar to that of the parent child relation in popiah. The relationship in Popiah is simply the child resenting his parent for a short amount of time. In contrast, the relationship between Conradin and Mrs De Ropp was purely built up hatred for an extensive period of time. The former relationship is reconciled as both sides did not mean to bicker with one another and the two were merely being petty,  while the latter relationship was pent up hatred which went as far as the will to kill.