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 s
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