Ravelstein even encourages his students to bypass the control of their families. Due to his father’s tyrannical control, Ravelstein never tires of urging his gifted students to rid themselves of their families and the standardized unreality imposed on them by their mindless parents. He encourages his students to come to the university to learn more knowledge, wants them to be cured of the disastrous misconceptions and to be singular. Ravelstein is as generous as a reservoir, a source of energy for the students he accepts. Bit by bit, Ravelstein gets them to confide in him and puts them into “the community” around him.