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The author, Anne Taylor, allows the reader the opportunity to examine through Donny’s situation as it shows how each character, Daisy, Cal and including Donny himself, all play a role in his disastrous outcome.
To start off, Daisy is to be blamed for Donny’s demise because of her lack of self-confidence. It is because of her lack of self-confidence she becomes more aware of her appearance as a parent. It is shown when Daisy and her husband had attended the requested conference: “Imagine, Daisy thought, how they must look to Mr. Lanham: an overweight housewife in a cotton dress and a too-tall, too-thin insurance agent in a baggy, frayed suit. Failures, both of them – the kind of people who are always hurrying to catch up, missing the point of things that everyone grasps at once. She wished she’s had worn nylons instead of knee socks” (Tyler 287). Daisy considers herself being judged based on her appearance as Donny’s guardian, and not by her abilities as an actual parent. Plus, with Daisy not having enough self-confidence, she is hesitant with her decisions, and is not able to do what she believes is right as a parent. She agrees to all of Cal’s opinions. An example would be when she had called Cal regarding about Donny’s grades: “when she had hung up, it was Miss Evans that she was angry at” (Tyler 290). And then later realizes that he was not any help at all: “they entered Donny into a public school, and they stopped his tutoring sessions” (Tyler 293).
Furthermore, Cal is responsible for Donny’s downfall because of his problem with authority. During the situation, Cal had done nothing but pulled Donny farther away from his family, as he convinces them that Donny is to be allowed more freedom in his daily life. “I’m thinking we ought to him more rope” (Tyler 289). This displays how Cal dislikes the idea of Donny’s parents controlling him. And when Daisy had discovered that Cal was married and divorced: “to this really controlling lady” (Tyler 291). It is then clear as to how Cal had suffered from his controlling wife. Hence, it explains why he had constantly defended Donny against being controlled by his parent in anyway.
Moreover, Donny, himself is responsible for his outcome because he is irresponsible.
His mother, Daisy may not be a great mother; however she is far from being the worst. She does care for Donny, by putting him in a private school, tries helping him with his studies, and etc. But Donny takes it for granted and does his school work halfheartedly.” The poor quality of everything that he did – the sloppy mistakes in math, the illogical leaps in his English themes, the history questions left blank if they had required research.” (Tyler 287). It shows how concern he is about his school work and towards the efforts of his mother. Plus, during the incident of when he was blamed for having beer in his locker, Donny had blamed someone else right away: “See, there’s this guy that doesn’t like me. He put all these beers in my locker and started a rumor going, so Mr. Lanham ordered a locker check” (Tyler 292). By all means, his excuse shows how he tries to avoid being blamed in any way possible, so that he; himself does not have to take the responsibility.
Hence, it is because of the Daisy’s lack of self-confidence, Cal’s problem with authority and with Donny, himself, being irresponsible, it leads to his downfall.
The author, Anne Taylor, allows the reader the opportunity to examine through Donny’s situation as it shows how each character, Daisy, Cal and including Donny himself, all play a role in his disastrous outcome.
To start off, Daisy is to be blamed for Donny’s demise because of her lack of self-confidence. It is because of her lack of self-confidence she becomes more aware of her appearance as a parent. It is shown when Daisy and her husband had attended the requested conference: “Imagine, Daisy thought, how they must look to Mr. Lanham: an overweight housewife in a cotton dress and a too-tall, too-thin insurance agent in a baggy, frayed suit. Failures, both of them – the kind of people who are always hurrying to catch up, missing the point of things that everyone grasps at once. She wished she’s had worn nylons instead of knee socks” (Tyler 287). Daisy considers herself being judged based on her appearance as Donny’s guardian, and not by her abilities as an actual parent. Plus, with Daisy not having enough self-confidence, she is hesitant with her decisions, and is not able to do what she believes is right as a parent. She agrees to all of Cal’s opinions. An example would be when she had called Cal regarding about Donny’s grades: “when she had hung up, it was Miss Evans that she was angry at” (Tyler 290). And then later realizes that he was not any help at all: “they entered Donny into a public school, and they stopped his tutoring sessions” (Tyler 293).
Furthermore, Cal is responsible for Donny’s downfall because of his problem with authority. During the situation, Cal had done nothing but pulled Donny farther away from his family, as he convinces them that Donny is to be allowed more freedom in his daily life. “I’m thinking we ought to him more rope” (Tyler 289). This displays how Cal dislikes the idea of Donny’s parents controlling him. And when Daisy had discovered that Cal was married and divorced: “to this really controlling lady” (Tyler 291). It is then clear as to how Cal had suffered from his controlling wife. Hence, it explains why he had constantly defended Donny against being controlled by his parent in anyway.
Moreover, Donny, himself is responsible for his outcome because he is irresponsible.
His mother, Daisy may not be a great mother; however she is far from being the worst. She does care for Donny, by putting him in a private school, tries helping him with his studies, and etc. But Donny takes it for granted and does his school work halfheartedly.” The poor quality of everything that he did – the sloppy mistakes in math, the illogical leaps in his English themes, the history questions left blank if they had required research.” (Tyler 287). It shows how concern he is about his school work and towards the efforts of his mother. Plus, during the incident of when he was blamed for having beer in his locker, Donny had blamed someone else right away: “See, there’s this guy that doesn’t like me. He put all these beers in my locker and started a rumor going, so Mr. Lanham ordered a locker check” (Tyler 292). By all means, his excuse shows how he tries to avoid being blamed in any way possible, so that he; himself does not have to take the responsibility.
Hence, it is because of the Daisy’s lack of self-confidence, Cal’s problem with authority and with Donny, himself, being irresponsible, it leads to his downfall.