Tobias "Toby" Wolff

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fictionalized self literary character memoir narrator

Tobias "Toby" Wolff is the adolescent protagonist and narrator of Tobias Wolff’s memoir *This Boy’s Life*, depicting his turbulent coming-of-age amid family instability and an abusive stepfather in 1950s America.

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Label	Occurrences
Tobias "Toby" Wolff canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictionalized self ⓘ literary character ⓘ memoir narrator ⓘ
appearsIn	film adaptation of This Boy’s Life ⓘ
aspiration	to escape abusive home ⓘ to reinvent himself ⓘ
basedOn	Tobias Wolff ⓘ
centralThemeInStory	coming of age ⓘ deception ⓘ escape ⓘ identity formation ⓘ masculinity ⓘ
characterCreatedBy	Tobias Wolff ⓘ
conflictWith	Dwight Hansen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
depictsTheme	abusive stepfamily dynamics ⓘ working-class life in mid-20th-century America ⓘ
educationGoal	to attend an East Coast prep school ⓘ
experiences	domestic abuse ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ family instability ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	This Boy's Life ⓘ surface form: This Boy’s Life
gender	male ⓘ
genreOfWorkHeNarrates	memoir ⓘ
hasFamilyName	Wolff ⓘ
hasGivenName	Tobias ⓘ
hasMother	Rosemary Wolff ⓘ
hasNickname	Toby ⓘ
hasStepfather	Dwight Hansen ⓘ
hasTrait	deceptive ⓘ imaginative ⓘ rebellious ⓘ resilient ⓘ
lifeStageDepicted	adolescence ⓘ
literaryRole	unreliable narrator ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first person ⓘ
narratorOf	This Boy's Life ⓘ surface form: This Boy’s Life
portrayedInFilmBy	Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ
protagonistOf	This Boy's Life ⓘ surface form: This Boy’s Life
relationshipWith	Rosemary Wolff ⓘ
settingCountry	United States of America ⓘ
settingPlace	Chinook, Washington ⓘ Concrete, Washington ⓘ Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington Utah ⓘ
timePeriod	1950s ⓘ

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This Boy's Life → character → Tobias "Toby" Wolff ⓘ