In The Power of One, Bryce perceives Peekay as being very weak and not knowing right from wrong due to the absence of his mother and father. Peekay has to attend boarding school when he is 5 years old. When he gets to boarding school, he is one of the younger boys in the whole school. He encounters an older boy that he calls “The Judge”. This judge tortures Peekay throughout his whole time at the boarding school. Although, on the last day of school, the Judge brings Peekay behind the school for one more beating. Peekay builds up enough courage to tell the judge off, but that only makes things worse for Peekay. In chapter 4, this is when Peekay stands up to The Judge. Peekay said, “Slowly I looked up at the giant… We had got so close,Grandpa