TGM 3

After his dispute with his mother, Tom returns to the apartment drunk. He went to the movies and watched a magician perform various tricks of which the best was nailing a coffin shut. Tom discusses it with Laura, "We nailed him into a coffin and he got out of the coffin without removing one nail. There is a trick that would come in handy for me- get me out of this 2 by 4 situation(1249)!" Astounded, Tom relates his family to the closely-compact coffin. The house constricts him from reaching any of his potential as an adventurer or writer. Afterwards, a light gleams against the portrait of his father. Like the magician, he cleanly left the house for another life. He was able to remove himself from the witch of a wife, and Tom admired his father. He hatched an idea to relive his father's steps and leave his family forever.