Character Analysis: According To Dads 4 Kids

According to Dads 4 Kids, “Children from mother-only families have less of an ability to delay gratification and poorer impulse control (that is, control over anger and sexual gratification.) These children also have a weaker sense of conscience or sense of right and wrong.” Throughout the book, we often think that a lot of Peekay's behavior is wrong but it seems most of it roots from his dysfunctional family. The lack of parental guidance in Peekay's life has taken a major effect on his life and actions.
Because of not having one hundred percent parental support, Peekay often makes a lot of choices to help others instead of himself and more than not, to camouflage himself. After Peekay had eaten dinner with Hoppie, he denies breakfast the
When feeling that someone has betrayed him, he appears very angry but manages to control it so he does not make any mistakes that will put him in danger any further more. Peekay tells Morrie that he should “bash his teeth in” (408) because Morrie contrived the fight for his own good. During this, Peekay’s anger reaches an extremely high level because he personally felt the outcome of the match should have been due to a fair fight by himself,but Morrie mentions that he was behind it,making sparking a heavy feeling of distrust and heartbreak within Peekay. Not everytime Peekay has a temper tantrum will it result in gloomy results. Earlier in the story, Peekay talked about being peed on and continues to mention how he immediately attempts to dry himself off with his clothes (5). This reflects a portion of his emotional issues as instead of reacting in a very immature manner or discussing the problem, he automatically attempts to fix the problem himself, which is out of place for a young child. This also leaves the reader with an almost complete feeling of sympathy towards him knowing that he is at such a young age and when they make the connection to how kids around his age really act in this society it might also leave them