This Boys Life POWER Flashcards
6 key points
Craving Capability Dominance Roy Unknown Gun
Control
Toby craves power to control his unstable life.
Capability
Jack likes the feeling of capability that he has when he feels powerful.
Dominance
Dwight abuses his power over jack and Rosemary to make up for the dominance he hasn’t got in his everyday life that he believed he is entitled to as a man.
Roy
Roy uses the one bit of power and comfort Rosemary has, her own son, against her. Abuse and control.
Unknown
When Jack receives power, he doesn’t always know what to do with it and his unknown capabilities frighten him.
Gun
Jack is attracted to the Winchester as it is a symbol of power.
10 quotes
Chestnuts Champion Control Capability Completion Dominance Dominance Repetition Roy Grudge
Control
My mother didn’t tell me what went on between her and Roy, the threats and occasional brutality with which he held her in place.
Completion
I needed that rifle for itself and for the way it completed me when I held it.
Dominance
He kept her there for hours like that, making her beg for her life, making her promise she would never leave him.
Roy
Even your own kid knows what you’re up to.
Repetition
Dwight bill of particulars contained some truth but it went on and on. It never ended and before long, it lost the power to hurt me.
Grudge
He would hold no grudge ass long as my mother walked the line.
Capability
I rocked her and murmured to her. I was practiced at this and happy doing it, not because she was unhappy but because she needed me, and to be needed made me feel capable
