"You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it!" p. 1259
Whether it is a universally accepted theme by literary scholars, a theme that jumped at me was maturity. With his father abandoning him at a young age, Tom has had to become mature, very quick. It also seems evident that due to him rushing his maturity he missed out on some key lessons. One of lessons he missed out from having to work to support to his family was how to handle stress and pressure. While Tom tries to cite a lack of adventure for him going to the movies every night, I seem to think his alcoholism stems from stress. Notice how he always leaves to go drink after him and his mother get into a fight. While Tom has become a man, he still has some growing up to do with his alcoholism and dealing with confrontation in general. He seems to think that him running from his family will solve his issues; I don't think so.
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