How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Had any other girl been so affected, he would have thought her intolerable. Faye's affectations, however, were so completely artificial that he found them charming. (13.3)
Ah, the unassailable logic of a man in love. Putting aside Tod's creepiness, Faye reveals herself here to have an even wider variety of identities than he does. She is an actor, after all. Regardless, Faye wears so many different hats that we sometimes have trouble seeing the real Faye underneath them all. If there is a real Faye, that is.
Quote #5
All these little stories, these little daydreams of hers, were what gave such extraordinary color and mystery to her movements. (13.25)
It's helpful that men create their own, custom-designed identities to place on Faye. After all, does Tod really know anything about this seventeen-year-old girl? Or is he just making assumptions based on an image that only exists in his mind?
Quote #6
He also noticed that Harry, like many actors, had very little back or top to his head. It was almost all face, like a mask. (15.12)
Like his daughter, Harry has more identities than he knows what to do with. To go even further, this image implies that he's pretended to be other people for so long that he's lost the capacity to be himself. That's a frightening thought.