A father influences his child's character.

A father influences his child's character. In Diamond Boy, Patson and Jamu are influenced by their fathers.

Joseph, Patson's father, respects education. He demonstrates how this is important to him when he continues to teach even though the money he is being paid in has no value at the time. He considers teaching to be his vocation. As such, he wants his children to be educated. For a while, his son, Patson, turns against these values. He sees what the diamonds can purchase, and he wants a materially better life for his family than his father can provide. As such he pressures his father to let him work in the mines. Once he finds girazis, he starts to hide them. He still wants to use them to purchase a better life for his family, but he is not happy with just...