Antagonist

Character Role Analysis

Dwight

Interestingly enough, a lot of Jack's stepfathers-in-training, like Roy and Gil, don't actually stand in opposition to him. They have their issues with his mom, but he's more insulated from them. They even seem to be on his side sometimes, like when Roy "gave me the Winchester .22 rifle I learned to shoot with." (3.1). Dwight? Dwight is different. "Dwight made a study of me," (11.1) and then spends the rest of the book trying to shape Jack into Dwight's idea of a model son. By "shape," we mean "ruin anything that makes him happy, criticize him with every breath that he can muster and occasionally slap the taste out of his mouth; alcohol consumption optional." You don't get much more antagonistic than that.