Fifth Business
Dunstan says, “[Boy] was always the quintessence of something that somebody else had recognized and defined” (113). To what extent is Dunstan’s assessment of Boy free of malice and envy?
Part III
Chapter 1
Part III
Chapter 1
Boy Staunton is an image of the jazz age. He becomes the projection of what others define as successful in a man. Boy is rich, loud, and narrow minded. I think Dunstan is being pretty objective. Dunstan has no illusions about himself and certainly sees Boy for what he had become after the war.