se, an expensive car, two boats, Eddie is his own boss, and most importantly, Eddie has a seemingly endless line of prospects that offer him a limitless future. Eddie made his own way as an entrepreneur, living his life according to a 'truth' that he learned as an 18 year old shoe salesman, "the most important fact is that the guys with most of the money are always doing at least two of the only three things that you can do in this life, which happen to be making things, selling things, and buying things {...} It came to me when I was eighteen and it's been my guiding light ever since. My philosophy of life. My religion," (Banks, 66). What Bob does not realize until it is too late, is that all of Eddy's toys are an illusion, the trappings of a life he created and is powerless to escape. Eddy's "philosophy" does not include any room for his wife or daughter, on an emotional level. They merely serve, like his speedboat and luxury car, as status symbols for a successful man. Consequently, when
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