Beaty goes on to thee illustrate the disappointment he felt throughout his years growing up. Males growing up with no father have an empty feeling that they are searching for to fulfill from their fathers. There are certain concepts a man feels he can only learn best from another man--- especially their father. Beaty felt as if he had missed out on many opportunities he could have learned from his father. For instance, Beaty uses internal dialogue when he writes to his father, “There’s things I don’t know I thought you could teach me. How to shave, how to dribble a ball, how to walk like a man.” These are all conceptions most men learn from another male. Men need male guidance in order to feel like an actual man. Beaty adds how since his father