why is howard admired?, page-31

According to Latham, Kim was so crushed by his father extreme right wing, extreme religious right, attitude that he did not develop his own personal Identity, nor his own personal value system. It was all a "look at me, daddy, am I good enough, now?" This made him totally indecisive and with no moral conviction for which to become comitted.
His cronies, like cRudd, Swann and others also want him that way and encourage him to be so, so that they can manipulate him easier.