Jason Roads

Question 1

What is Ozzy’s father’s full name?

Answer 1

Jason Levi Rhodes

Question 2

What day is Ozzy’s father’s birthday?

Answer 2

August 12, 1960

Question 3

What year did Jason Rhodes graduate?

Answer 3

1978

Question 4

How old was Jason Rhodes when Ozzy was born?

Answer 4

31 years old

Question 5

What are five major traits Ozzy inherited from Jason?

Answer 5

1. Intensity
2. Short fuse
3. Loyalty
4. Toughness under pressure
5. Emotional repression.

Question 6

Tell me five ways Ozzie is most different from his father?

Answer 6

1. Jason: Stoic – Ozzy -Expressive/Explosive
2. Jason: Fearful of change – Ozzy - Recklessly adventurous
3. Jason: Emotionally Closed – Ozzy - Emotionally needy
4. Jason: Silent Operator – Ozzy Verbal Performer
5. Jason: Resigned to fate – Ozzy - Still reaching and trying to

Question 8

Tell me four attributes of Jason Rhodes personality.

Answer 8

1. Emotionally restrained.
2. Authoritarian mindset.
3. Anti-intellectual.
4. Prideful but fragile ego.

Question 9

Tell me four defensive beliefs Ozzy’s father carried?

Answer 9

1. No one’s coming to save you.
2. Men don’t whine.
3. Life’s about survival, not feelings.
4. Sons either follow or fight.

Question 10

Tell me six character traits Ozzy retained as a result of his father’s behaviour?

Answer 10

1. Perform pain.
2. Avoids silence.
3. Struggles with intimacy.
4. Seeks chaos and adventure.
5. Isn’t afraid of conflict.
6. Yearns for approval.

Question 11

Tell me why does Ozzie perform pain?

Answer 11

Ozzy never got affection from his father unless he suffered.

Question 12

Why does Ozzy avoid silence?

Answer 12

Silence in childhood equals rejection from his father.

Question 13

Why does Ozzie seek chaos?

Answer 13

Ozzy acts out so he can feel anything at all to avoid being overlooked and feel numb.

Question 14

Why isn’t Ozzie afraid of conflict?

Answer 14

Jason’s father believed strength was not backing down. In a household where love wasn’t spoken conflict became the only form of intensity so when Ozzie fights it’s not always about winning it’s about feeling something real. He believes that if we’re fighting, at least we’re not pretending at least we care.

Question 15

Why does Ozzie use cocaine sex and arguments? What is the benefit?

Answer 15

Ozzy can stay stimulated and avoid the void of quiet introspection?

Question 16

Why can’t Ozzy stand emotional stillness?

Answer 16

It reminds him of being powerless in Elijah’s death invisible to his father and unloved when he needed comfort.

Question 17

What was the most hurtful thing Jason ever said to Ozzy?

Answer 17

Maybe, if I would’ve been harder on you, your mom wouldn’t cry so much.

Question 18

Why did Jason say maybe if I would have been harder on you your mom wouldn’t cry so much?

Answer 18

The truth is that Jason blames a lot of of his unhappiness on Ozzy. The complex situation of Elijah’s death and How it affected the relationship between Jason and Darlene in a negative way. Jason blames Ozzy and the death of Elijah for why Darlene cries so much.

Question 20

What psychological insight can we infer about Jason’s occupation?

Answer 20

Jason tries to fix his past by fixing machines?

Question 21

Where does Jason work?

Answer 21

Bells, auto and transmission

Question 22

Tell me about Jason’s reputation professionally?

Answer 22

Locally, he was very highly respected. Other mechanics came to Jason for complex problems customers trusted him even if they were a little afraid of him Jason never cheated. Anyone never smiled but by word of mouth he could fix anything except himself.

Question 23

What was it like for Jason and the roads family financially?

Answer 23

Income was just enough. $73,000 a year before taxes

The rent was paid. The lights were on, but the dinner was cold by the time Jason got home.

Question 24

What are some of the causes of frustration for Jason?

Answer 24

Resented newer mechanics using diagnostic machines.
Frustrated that Darlene didn’t see his hard work as love.
Frustrated that Ozzie and Marcus didn’t want anything to do with mechanics so he had nothing to pass anything onto his two sons.

Question 25

What was Jason's secret dream?

Answer 25

He always wanted to be a pilot, not military, not commercial just a guy in the sky.

Question 26

Tell me five core beliefs Jason held?

Answer 26

1. Real men fix things they don't talk about them 2. if you can't do something right, don't touch it. 3. Provide don't complain. 4. life's not fair take what you get and make it work. 5. No one's coming to save you.

Question 27

Tell me why Jason believes closeness with his son is a weakness.

Answer 27

Because it could be taken from him like his own father was.

Question 28

How did Jason gain the core belief that no one is coming to save you?

Answer 28

After his father died, it became his gospel. He expects people, including his wife and kids to carry their weight swallow their pain and keep going.

Question 29

Tell me about Jason's spiritual beliefs or moral values?

Answer 29

1. Order not religion. He respects faith but quietly resents it for offering comfort he can't access. 2. Justice equals consequence. He doesn't believe in karma or divine fairness... If you screw up you pay. Period. 3. Loyalty matters, even if love can't be spoken. He never left his family physically but he was emotionally incompetent. "SHOWING UP IS ENOUGH"

Question 31

Tell me about the unspoken truth about Jason?

Answer 31

Jason wanted to be a good man. He just didn't know how not in the language the world expected he knew how to fix how to build how to sacrifice but not how to be soft. Not how to be seen. And certainly not how to be forgiven by himself or his son.

Question 32

Why doesn't Jason go to church?

Answer 32

Referred to the tithing envelope and empty hands story. In Cincinnati in 1973 Jason was 13 years old two months after the furnace exploded. The house was still heavy with soot and silence. Chuck Rhodes was dead. Jason was the oldest boy at home. He worked weekends at Franklin's hardware swept floors after school at the community theatre and gave every dollar to his mother his back ache his shoes didn't fit, but he didn't complain. His mother Lorraine made sure they went to church every Sunday Grace Tabernacle for four years Ling to scripture like a lifeline Jason hoped they would help with groceries heat or something but they didn't not a casserole not a visit not a single offering envelope came back in full one Sunday morning Jason saw his mom Slide half his paycheck into a tie the envelope that's for the Lord she said when he protested the Lord didn't show up when the furnace exploded he muttered that afternoon he came home to a freezing kitchen. Jason's younger sisters started crying because their socks were wet from melted snow and one night he sat in the living room in the dark with a wool blanketand whispered to the empty living room. They said God helps those who help themselves so I did and where the hell was he?