The book “This Boy's Life” by Tobias Wolff is a memoir written about the author's childhood memories and experiences. The author shows many different characters in the book. Many of them are just minor characters who don't affect the author much in their life choices and thoughts throughout their growth. But some play the role of protagonist and others play the role of antagonist. One of them is Dwight, the father-in-law of the protagonist or Jack. This character seems to be one of the characters that inhibits Jack's choices and decisions. This character plays a huge role in Jack's life as he leaves a huge scar in his memory. The author here spends the majority of time in this character in the memoir to show the readers the relationship between Jack and Dwight. There are several "masks" that Dwight wears to hide his true intention towards Jack and Rosemary. One of the most obvious moments is when, during the approval-seeking moment, Dwight threatened and instilled fear in Jack by driving dangerously and intentionally swerving his car. Dwight wants to show Jack that he is in complete control of Jack and Rosemary's lives. To warn Jack of his future decisions and their implications, Dwight intentionally puts on a mask of "meanness." This proves advantageous for Dwight as Jack ultimately succumbs to Dwight's threats and corners Jack into approving his mother's marriage to Dwight. Later, Dwight and Jack began painting their house where white paint is used as the primary paint supposedly to symbolize purity and a feeling of purity. new start towards Jack's new life. But this also had an alternative mask covering the false positive pretense. This shows the reader that Dwight may be covering the truly rotten, sick, and evil with white paint. Even with the mid-paper violence and bad attitudes as a security measure on Dwight's future behaviors. Ultimately, readers will have a feeling of disapproval towards Dwight due to many presentations. of “evil” and “meanness” towards Jack. It may be Dwight's deceptive nature towards Jack and Rosemary, or the many tortures Jack encounters while living with Dwight. Ultimately, there is a conclusion that points to a relationship based on hatred and a sort of need for both characters towards each other, as Dwight needs Jack for Rosemary and Jack's sake needs Dwight for Rosemary's safety in life. This is not a relationship Jack wanted since he ends up saying “We hated each other. We hated each other so much that other feelings weren't highlighted enough. It disfigured me” (Wolff 232) and “I left Chinook without thinking of the years I had lived there. » (Wolff 234),