Donny's Life Chapter Analysis

In the book, there is a sense of sadness that began into Donny’s teenage years, this could be related to many people’s lives today. In the beginning Tyler portrayed Donny’s innocence in his eyes, his cheerful mannerisms, and his attitude towards his parents. As Donny grew up he began to be more serious and did not care about his grades or the way he talked to his parents. His mother received a call from the school principal that informed her about Donny’s almost-failing grades. She went alone to his office for a meeting, because her husband was working. In the story there is very little mention of Daisy’s husband, this is definitely a contributing factor to Donny’s behavior. In the book there seems to be a “helicopter parent,” a parent who is too actively involved in a child’s life. …show more content…
In the story it mentions how Daisy, Donny’s mother, would shoo away his sister because she was too focused on helping Donny with his homework. Once Donny’s parents hired a tutor named Cal, they began to see improvements in his grades, but not in his home behavior. Daisy began to question whether this was the best option for Donny, but proceeded with the tutoring sessions. Nearing the end of the story we see Donny’s grades have dropped and was eventually expelled from the private school he was attending. Daisy had a meeting with the tutor and enrolled Donny in a public school. Shortly after attending Donny went missing. He never returned home and Daisy could never figure out what went wrong. Even after Donny was gone, she was still constantly thinking about him bringing him up in any conversation she got. This drove Amanda, Donny’s sister, to stay away from home, because she was still not getting the attention she