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Ezra Faulkner: The Beginning Of Everything

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The Beginning of Everything Ezra Faulkner believes that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, a single moment after which, everything that really matters will happen. After his personal tragedy he realizes that the things people expect of you aren’t always the things that make you happy. Ezra finally understands that he always talked about being popular but deep down was so tired of it and he found himself when he became friends with other people in his school. In this book, social classes play a huge role, this is shown numerous times throughout the novel. Some of the most notable times are when Ezra finally realizes that he is no longer popular, nor was he happy being popular, when Ezra begins mending his relationship with Toby, and throughout …show more content…

Toby is one of the most important characters when discussing social classes because he is a very stereotypical character. When Toby and Ezra were younger Ezra left Toby to become friends with the cooler kids which left Toby as a social outcast. In high school Toby is the typical nerd, president of the debate team, and he finds out that he is gay. The social class that Toby sees himself in is shown when he is talking to Ezra about their past friendship, “I was the gay fat kid who drew comic books, I was going to be bullied no matter what. You act like that day at Disney was my tragedy, but you’re the one who lost your best friend, you dropped me because everyone expected you to” (Schnieder 270). There are very stereotypical statements in this quote alone, starting with how Toby was portrayed as the “gay fat kid” and how he would have been “bullied no matter what” (Schnieder 270). Just because Toby is fat and draws comic books doesn’t mean that he had to be bullied, or the fact that he was gay doesn’t mean that he needed to be made fun of. Toby refers to himself in a very mean way which shows how miserable his life was when he was younger but spending more time by himself he found who he truly is, a smart, witty, and happy individual, it just took him some time to realize

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