The quote that Tobias Wolff included in the beginning of the book is a very insightful one. No matter what anyone may claim, the majority of people, at some point, have changed a part of their behavior in the presence of another in order to be better be accepted by them or a group of others. Some people, such as myself, are used to having a pose they uphold all day in public in order to not be treated with indifference due to the high level at which my family and I stand financially. However, others are only familiar with changing around their friends temporarily in order to feel more understood. Reasons for doing this vary from wanting to be accepted in a group, to a number of other things.
Regardless of the reason, the bottom line is that everyone knows what this is like, and to better understand how Toby lives out the majority of his life, we simply have to imagine putting on a pose at a constant rate, whenever in the presence of friends or classmates. This is no healthy to carry out one’s life, and realizing what Toby went through makes it all the more easy to sympathize with him.
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