What does Dangerfield want out of his relationships with women?

What causes Dangerfield to be violent and to fight with his significant others?

For what reasons does Dangerfield drink? What effects does drinking have on Dangerfield's wife?

What role does religion play in Dangerfield's life and in the novel?

What is Dangerfield's relationship with his father, and why does Dangerfield react the way he does to his father's death? Is Dangerfield only concerned with his father's money?

Why does Dangerfield drop out of college? What does he hope to do with his life?

What attracts Dangerfield to particular women? What qualities does he look for in women?

How does society treat women in the novel?

Describe the different culture of rich people and poor people in the novel.