Genre
Nonfiction
Setting and Context
The book is written in the context of therapy and treatment.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is objective and the tone is assertive
Protagonist and Antagonist
Dibs is the central character in the book.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that Dibs shows aggressive behavior, and he lacks social interaction.
Climax
The climax comes after successful therapies by the author on Dibs. Dibs becomes an intelligent and upright man with the best scores in his academics.
Foreshadowing
His parents' coldness and neglect foreshadowed Dibs aggressive behavior.
Understatement
The role of parents is understated in the text. Dibs’ parents were the main reason for his aggressiveness and lack of social interaction. When the parents started taking responsibility and showing love, the boy improved greatly.
Allusions
The story alludes to the role of parents in helping their children to open up and speak about their problems freely.
Imagery
The doctor's first meeting with Dibs depicts sight imagery that shows readers the behavior of the boy. For instance, when Dibs realizes that someone is looking at him, he withdraws and crawls to the edge of his room. Dibs also showed other behaviors such as sucking his thumb, lurking under tables and staying rigid on the floor.
Paradox
The main paradox is that despite Dibs showing aggressive behavior, he is very intelligent.
Parallelism
Dibs’ behavior is parallel to his parents’ manners towards him.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Therapy sessions are personified as a healer.
