In the course of this story Leroy has had an ongoing problem with drugs. For example " as Leroy lights up a joint and lies on the couch, laughing to himself about Mabel catching him at it... (Pg 71)." Whenever he is feeling down he turns to the drugs. As the story progresses he continues to use the drugs more and more. The

As a final point there is the fact that Leroy does not feel needed around the house. When he was driving truck he at least felt as if he was still the man of the house. The breadwinner, the one who brought home the income to take care of the family. Now he does not even feel as if he is needed so he looks for it in other places. For example " they never speak about their memories . . . but now that Leroy is home all the time, they sometimes feel awkward around each other (pg 67)." This is his reasoning behind wanting to build the log cabin. He feels that if he accomplishes that then he once again would be contributing to the family and that she once more would love him.

Leroy, he had an accident; this causes him to go on disability and he can no longer drive his truck, before this Leroy was a truck driver who was rarely ever home. When he w

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