Summary
Toby and three others were on the sidewalk making fun of Arthur Gayle, who had a reputation of being called a sissy. However, no one has ever called Arthur a sissy directly to him, until Toby, also known as Jack now came along. After Toby called Arthur a sissy, he didn't respond very well. In fact, he responded with a fight. At the end, Arthur won the fight and made Toby take back what he said about him. Later in the novel, the reader learns that Skipper, Dwight's son is going to graduate high school. After he graduated, he took a job at the power company and continued living at home so he can save up money to buy his own car. Soon Skipper earned enough for his car and drove to Mexico with his friend. Toby felt sad that he left without him, but got over it. Skipper came back home in a few weeks. At school, Toby is a basketball player and one of the best of his team. Norma and her boyfriend Bobby always picked him up after games. Meanwhile, Dwight has a drinking problem and everyone in the family can see that because he always mimics people, and doesn't even sound like the person. One time while he was drunk, he accused Rosemary for not thanking him for taking in a divorced woman with a kid who is a liar and a stealer. Rosemary didn't even fight back.
Toby likes to go through people's private items. One day, he found a letter in his mother's drawer and it was from his Uncle Stephen. He lives in France. When Toby copied his uncle's address, he wrote to him about his nightmares at Chinook and begged him to bring him and his mother to Paris to live with him and his family. Stephen replied back with expressing his sympathy and proposed that Toby live with him and his family for one year, but soon changed it to five years, so about now to when he finishes high school. Dwight was all for it. He wanted Toby to move away. When Toby changed his mind about moving to Paris, Dwight was outraged with his decision and forced him to change his mind. That didn't work. A couple of weeks before Christmas, Norma, who already graduated from high school, called up to say that she wants to marry Kenneth, a new boyfriend, instead of Bobby. When Kenneth came for Christmas dinner, nobody liked his personality. In fact, Dwight tried to convince Norma to not marry him. Soon, Norma did marry Kenneth and had a child together, but she didn't seem happy living with Kenneth.
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"She and Dwight weren't getting along. They hadn't gotten along since the night they returned from their honeymoon in Vancouver, two days early, silent and grim, not even looking at each other as they carried the suitcases into the house and down the hall to Dwight's room" (Wolff 111).
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When the narrator stated that quote, I could visualize it in my head. What I question is that what happened during the honeymoon. I mean, coming back two days early, something must be wrong. My prediction is that Dwight was drinking during the honeymoon and maybe he spoke phrases that he shouldn't have said or didn't mean them in a serious way. My evidence is on page 132, when Dwight said that Rosemary should be thanking him for taking her in and her lying, stealing, and just plain horrible kid. I think from that place is the start of the downfall of their marriage. Also, on pages 135-136, when Dwight came out of the tavern, he had the keys to the car to drive. That is a bad idea because he came out drunk. Rosemary would not get in the car unless she takes the keys. After a long time, she finally got inside the car but without the keys. As a result, Dwight started driving recklessly. Rosemary and Toby begged for him to stop, but he mimicked them back, and shows that he does not give a darn. All I am saying is that if he doesn't stop his drinking, he might be a divorced parent...again.
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