Reading skills

In the book Shaq Uncut, it starts out talking about how Shaq was beat as a Child. One question I have is, Did it ever get to a life-threatening point where Shaq just couldn't take it anymore? I predict that later in the story, he will overcome this. I can connect to this because I have read and seen movies where the main character overcomes something very serious as a child and becomes very successful. This also is a problem in the real world. Some parents believe it is the right way of parenting to beat their kids. I happen to disagree with this. I think that no matter how bad it gets, physical violence should not come into play.