Billie Jo and her father

From the start, Billie Jo indicates that her father wanted a boy, not a girl. Because of this, it determines their  relationship from the start. Billie Jo's mother becomes pregnant again when Billie Jo is 14. Her father still hopes for a boy.

"Wonder if Daddy'll get his boy this time?" Winter 1934 Page 5.

This line reinforces the idea that no matter what happens, her father will always compare her to a boy. He most likely does not do it consciously but in the back of his mind, he does.

The fact that Billi Jo's father wanted a boy is a bit ironic. The lines "I can't make myself over the way Ma did...But it can't be. I'm my father's daughter." Winter 1935 Pages 113-114 prove that the fact that Billie Jo's father wants a boy, is ironic, when his daughter is just like him. Billie Jo acts very much like her father. They have similar mannerisms, like how they rub their eyes and how they walk.