This Boy's LifeIn the film and book This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff is surrounded by bad role models and terrible father figures. Wolff and his mother are constantly searching for a complete family life and find themselves in a series of bad situations during their quest. In the book, Toby's relationship with his mother Rosemary is shown in a clearer and deeper way, but the film just doesn't seem to focus on it enough. This article will evaluate the depiction of Toby's relationship with his mother and the men in their lives, as told in the memoir and film. The relationship that Toby has with his mother is a very strong bond. This can be seen in the film and the book. But what Toby lacks in both versions of this story is a good father figure, whom his mother always seems to be looking for for him. At the beginning of the book, Toby experiences several misadventures with bad influences, whether friends or father figures. Roy seems to be one of the first influences to really grab the reader's attention. He follows Toby and his mother to Utah from Florida, mainly just to be with Rosemary. Roy uses Toby to get to Rosemary in several ways, such as when he buys Toby the rifle or when he takes him to spy on Rosemary at work and follow her home. Roy makes it seem like a game to Toby and befriends him that way. This portrayal of Roy is also very well done in the film. For me, this is a very important part of the story in general, because after reading the book and seeing the movie, almost every man that comes into Toby's life treats him in one way or another as Roy treats him. his mother seems to be the theme of the story. This behavior would have a very traumatic effect on any young child at that time in his life, but with Toby's mother's influence on him, he always tries to find a way out of bad situations. Another example of this theme would be the chapter in the book where Toby and his mother go to Alkai Point to watch the mock naval battle and meet the two men. They had left Roy shortly before and moved to Seattle so they could escape him again. It must have worked, in the end, because Roy doesn't try to find them for the rest of the story. This chapter is not used in the film and probably could have been omitted from the book, but it is in the middle of the paper......and it belongs. He wants to be a wise man, masking the uncertainty he feels. His stepfather, Dwight, masking his own demons and insecurities, also embarks on a mission to bring Toby back to his level. It’s to Toby’s credit that he doesn’t want to stay down and that’s advantage enough. Instinctively using his absent father's creative license, he finds a tenuous escape – enough of a break to set him on a better path. (Salavarria) Of course the movie couldn't add all those things that I think made it weaker than the book. This would have become a short TV series or something if all these things had been added. The story had a very long list of characters and got very involved at times, but I think that made the book interesting for more than one audience. Some parts of Toby's life were very comedic and funny, some parts left you on the edge of your seat, making you wonder why he did some of the most important things he did. In conclusion, I think the book did a much better job. than the film depicting Wolff's life. The book made Toby's relationship with his mother and the men in their lives much more dramatic..