LETTER FROM KENTUCKY- SECTION 17

J. D. Daniels accomplishes what every adult seems to think about their parents in section 17. He quotes the bible as if referring to his father as some sort of savior. After mentioning his father in such a negative light throughout the letter, in regards to his personal treatment and that of his friends, he shifts and gives his father some sort of backhanded credit. Let us break it down from the start, he obviously has some daddy issues as he gives us warning, "I don't seem to have much choice", hinting he is about to really take us down his own personal rabbit hole. He obviosuly struggles to understand what his father did to him in his youth and the man he came to be. Obviously his father loved him a way a traditional southern father would love his son, with intense love veiled by brute force. There is the praise of his father giving his life, saving his life, and breaking his back to provide a life to his son. The author transitions his tone to that of respect because his father earned the right to parent the way he did. Everything of this man's life begins with his father and ends with a nice man in Florida who is no longer worried about what influences his son may be surrounded by. His son has grown into a man not subdued by the negativity of his condition. After all that, there is confusion and contemplation. The author delves into his insecurities and it is clear there was conflict growing up under his father's rules and home. It is unfortunate because his father was abusive but is there doubt in Daniels' mind if he should be fine with that.
Why was his father so tough? And does his son, to this day, regret the opinions he developed of his father? And does he understand what his father had to go through by being a parent?