The imagination in This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff helps Toby to realize that he can be a successful person through his own dreams. Toby's fantasy world is where he imagines and makes wrong decisions; however, Toby's dreams of a better life help make right decisions. Although at first Toby's imagination forces him to make bad decisions, later on these bad decisions bring him closer to his dream of a better life. His fantasy and dream worlds play an important role in his childhood. The decisions Toby makes based on his dreams and fantasy world help him to become a strong and determined person as an adult.

Toby lives in a broken home with his mom, they always move from place to place. Although his mother asks him for his approval, he refuses to tell her the truth that he doesn't want to contribute any comments. Toby doesn't...