With only a little subterfuge he can live two entirely separate existences, never confronting the ultimate question of what to do with himself or what kind of person he is.
-- Narrator (One Month Later (March 2011))

Importance: Connell has this thought just after Marianne suggests he apply to the English program at Trinity College where she is planning on attending after high school. The prospect of going to college with Marianne makes Connell realize that he will no longer be able to keep the two different versions separate. Because his relationship with Marianne has thus far been hidden, he begins to fear exposing his private life. In the passage prior, he believes he will have to kill one facet of himself in order to retain the other. In this moment he considers the possibility of navigating these contradictory lives. Through this moment the narrator illustrates the individual's fear of discovering his true self. The line also foreshadows...