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An Analysis Of "This Boy's Life"
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"This Boy's Life" is a memoir about a young man's struggles with
his own identity. The first section of the chapter titled, "Uncool", is a
good illustration of how the young Tobias Wolff feared other peoples
perceptions of his true self. The fact that Wolff and his two friends,
Taylor and Silver ....
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....heir teasing of one another.
A good example of their uneasiness around girls is shown as Wolff
described Taylor's sisters, "As girls went they were nothing special, but
they were girls, and empowered by that fact to render judgment on us. They
could make us cringe just by rolling their eyes. Silver and I were afraid
of them..."(pg. 40). The fact that the girls were "nothing special" yet
"Silver and I were afraid of them" is evidence of their emotional frailty.
Jack's fear of the way others p.... |
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