Characterization of Toby
If asked, most people would describe getting a ticket as, for instance a speed ticket; a ticket you got for driving too fast. Tickets are given to us by our higher authorities if we do not follow the law. However, for Toby Heckler, that is not the case.
Toby is a socially handicapped male, with a rather childish appearance. (Page 37, ‘’On the yellow paper Toby had printed in red ink ‘PRAKING MISTEAK’ and signed his name ‘TOBY’ in a childish-looking hand.’’) The fact that he signs the paper slips he hands out, and that he’s poor at spelling make him seem fairly young, since it’s something a smaller child would find amusing. But even though he may seem younger at first, that’s in reality, not how it actually is. For instance, …show more content…
Toby tends to avoid her, and isn’t able to communicate with her at all – not even the slips he writes for her reach her. (Page 38, ‘’Toby pulled out a shoebox. On the cover it read, ‘MOTHERS TICKITS’. Toby wrote three slips: ‘TO MUSH SOMKING’, ‘TO MUSH DIRNKING, ‘’TOO MUSH YELING’. He placed the slips in the box…, he wrote one more slip in his largest letters: ‘ERVYTHING WORNG’.’’) In his opinion, everything his mother does - everything in the society, is wrong. He states everything as wrong, bigger as smaller incidents, which shows us, that everything in Toby’s life is in fact wrong - so he attempts to make our society better. He simply has no control over his own life. His only way of handling his own problems is by keeping his sneakers clean, he’s always feeling more confident at times they’re spanking white. If something goes wrong, he just goes to clean them with Baby’s Liquid Shoe Polish.again. (Page 37, ‘’He moved down Main Street, his chin held high, his sneakers spanking white from Baby’s Liquid Shoe Polish.’, Page 38, ‘’A car moved through the intersection, splashed dirty water on his sneakers.’’ ‘’Toby sat on the floor, bit his tongue, went to polishing his sneakers spanking white.’) But no matter how desperately he tries to keep them clean, to keep his life together, and make everything right, they just get dirty again. It’s an endless
If asked, most people would describe getting a ticket as, for instance a speed ticket; a ticket you got for driving too fast. Tickets are given to us by our higher authorities if we do not follow the law. However, for Toby Heckler, that is not the case.
Toby is a socially handicapped male, with a rather childish appearance. (Page 37, ‘’On the yellow paper Toby had printed in red ink ‘PRAKING MISTEAK’ and signed his name ‘TOBY’ in a childish-looking hand.’’) The fact that he signs the paper slips he hands out, and that he’s poor at spelling make him seem fairly young, since it’s something a smaller child would find amusing. But even though he may seem younger at first, that’s in reality, not how it actually is. For instance, …show more content…
Toby tends to avoid her, and isn’t able to communicate with her at all – not even the slips he writes for her reach her. (Page 38, ‘’Toby pulled out a shoebox. On the cover it read, ‘MOTHERS TICKITS’. Toby wrote three slips: ‘TO MUSH SOMKING’, ‘TO MUSH DIRNKING, ‘’TOO MUSH YELING’. He placed the slips in the box…, he wrote one more slip in his largest letters: ‘ERVYTHING WORNG’.’’) In his opinion, everything his mother does - everything in the society, is wrong. He states everything as wrong, bigger as smaller incidents, which shows us, that everything in Toby’s life is in fact wrong - so he attempts to make our society better. He simply has no control over his own life. His only way of handling his own problems is by keeping his sneakers clean, he’s always feeling more confident at times they’re spanking white. If something goes wrong, he just goes to clean them with Baby’s Liquid Shoe Polish.again. (Page 37, ‘’He moved down Main Street, his chin held high, his sneakers spanking white from Baby’s Liquid Shoe Polish.’, Page 38, ‘’A car moved through the intersection, splashed dirty water on his sneakers.’’ ‘’Toby sat on the floor, bit his tongue, went to polishing his sneakers spanking white.’) But no matter how desperately he tries to keep them clean, to keep his life together, and make everything right, they just get dirty again. It’s an endless