Yep, Elmer, that's it. I saw this in my Dad all the time. As soon as he figured he couldn't control something or someone (usually me) he'd go into a screaming rage. This was pretty frightening when I was a youngster, so he'd get the superficial control he was after, by terrorizing me....but he got it at a terrible price. Once I left home I basically didn't talk to him for years. He was a non-person to me. He'd used up his available credit and goodwill.

So, he got a brief sense of power and dominance and lost a son. Hell of a bad bargain, if you ask me.