About the Job
Ulises
The Taming
About the Job
Ulises is a man consumed by bitterness. Once a proud husband and worker, his life fell apart when his wife left him taking with her the last thread of compassion he had left. Now, he lives in isolation, surrounded by silence, regret, and the ghosts of what used to be. When he adopts Donovan, a quiet, hopeful boy from foster care, he tells himself it’s a chance to rebuild his life but instead, he turns the boy into the outlet for all his pent up rage. Ulises’s cruelty is relentless: harsh words, impossible expectations, and punishments that go too far. Every time Donovan fails to meet his standards, it’s as if Ulises is striking back at the world that abandoned him. To outsiders, Ulises is a stoic, weathered man someone beaten down by life. But behind closed doors, he’s a storm barely contained, a man so full of anger that it spills into everything he touches. His abuse isn’t about control; it’s about pain his own pain, misplaced and magnified. Ulises represents a cycle of suffering how a man’s inability to heal can turn him into the very thing that once destroyed him. His relationship with Donovan becomes the crucible that shapes the boy’s resilience, and ultimately, his determination to break free from the violence that defined his childhood.
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