In “Bullet In The Brain” by Tobias Wolff, a symbol that is used is a flashback scene, that represents a moment in life that has happened and it takes you back to that memory. The flashback helps the readers understand that Anders was a child who was not always unsympathetic, it shows that you can change at any point in your life, and be a totally different person. Throughout the story we seem to believe that Anders is an arrogant person who doesn't care about anything but himself, until the flashback at the end it shows that Anders was like others, but he changed as he got older and became who he is a judge mental book critic. Once we knew about Anders past it changed the perspective on the way we looked at Anders. “Shortstop,” the boy says.
