Dibs in Search of Self , is an epic story of a kid named Dibs who overcame the adversity of being in a shell. This is a story of how Dibs fights to break out of the shell The Book starts off with Dibs being Examined by his teachers in school. His behavior has drawn a lot of attention. Mrs. A, a supervisor and psychotherapist, helps Dibs. She believes in order for him to get out of his shell he needs time and a comfortable environment.
She lets Dibs do what ever he wants, so he learns by himself. Dibs other teachers were driven crazy by Dibs. He would not listen to them. He would fight and bite if someone did something he did not like. He acted idiotic, so the teachers thought there would be no hope for him. Everyone thought he was brain damaged or mentally retarded. A proof of this character in the beginning was that Dibs was in a shell, he was locked up in his own world.
He would talk to himself, he would not talk to anyone else, he would just stare into space. Everyone thought he had no concept of love and hate. Everyone thought he had no feelings at all. Dibs was always sad, he would not talk to his sister, if she did something wrong, he would bite her. Also with the kids in school, Dibs would bite them if they did something he did not like. Dibs mother knew he was abnormal, she quit her job ashamed of Dibs. Blaming everything on Dibs, by doing this, it put him into a deeper shell. Dibs father was also ashamed of Dibs.
He would lock Dibs in his room without speaking to him. His sister Dorothy is shipped to private school cause Dibs and her cant get along. Dibs mother was very afraid of all the pain she put dibs through the years. She was a heart surgeon who made miracle operations, but when she had Dibs she did not want anyone knowing he was slow, so she quit her public life. Which made her so upset so she blamed it all on Dibs, which she regrets doing, because she knows its not Dibs fault, its hers and her husband for not dealing with the problem correctly. Another proof that he was abnormal is that one minute he would want to kill his father, and the next he is explaining that he forgives his father, and that he loves him.
The Essay on Atticus Finch, a Father and Teacher
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is full of life lessons and influential figures as siblings Jem and Scout grow up without a mother. As a single parent raising Scout and Jem, it is their father Atticus Finch who influences the children most. Atticus challenges them to be better people and helps them to discover many important life lessons. Some of these include not judging a book by its cover, ...
We find out Dibs only loves the people who love him, like his Grandmother, Gardener, and Mrs. A. All of his family including his Mom, Dad, and sister Doughty, he hates in the beginning, but then forgive and starts to love them. His whole life was changed when he went to Mrs. A. because he finally found love besides his Grandmother, and Gardener.
Dibs parents soon found out their mistake, and they were extremely sorry for it. We find out his parents really love him. When Dibs finds this out, it helps him break out of his shell. Dibs mother would always try to teach him things like how to read, count, among other things. Sometimes she would read to him and he would stand there staring silently. When Dibs was first brought to the center, he was a little scared cause it was a new environment. Once he got used to it, he started to like it.
He started to like Mrs. A., which was really important to him because he only liked a few people. Dibs Grandmother who lived far away, his old gardener who retired, and Mrs. A. These 3 people meant a lot to Dibs he would talk about them a lot, they were the only people that could make Dibs Slowly and shortly through Mrs. A process, he started getting feelings.
How to be happy and glad, instead of angry and sad, like he always was. He finally broke out of his shell, he finally found the concept of love and hate. Dibs could actually read and write. The book Dibs in search of self was a great book, it shows one kid’s struggle with retardation. He learned to love, and learned regular things a kid his age should know. He kept his strength, never giving up, a great testimony of his courage.
