Incidents that occur in one's childhood tend to affect them possibly for the rest of the rest of their life. This applies to the novel "Fifth Business" and the characters Dunstan Ramsey and Boy Staunton. Throughout the lives of these characters Dunstan lives in the shadow of Boy due to feelings of guilt and responsibility as a result of one winter evening in the town of Deptford. As Boy and Dunny grew up together they …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…was doing excellent in school and every other facet of his life and after University he goes on to be a very successful business man and Dunny becomes a Head Master at a boys private school in Toronto. Boy ends up being much more successful and wealthy them Dunny could ever imagine. It all began with Boy getting a better start in life and avoiding problems in his childhood which Dunny had to live through.