Why Is Vernon Thaxterminism In Boy's Life

Determinism is a very important part of the novel Boy’s Life and it helps resolve the conflict that was present in the novel. Vernon Thaxter is an essential character in the plot of Boy’s Life. Vernon is described as a madman, always naked and crazy. But without the actions that shaped Vernon’s life, he would have been very different and the outcome of the novel would be strikingly divergent to the actual ending in Boy’s Life. If Vernon’s book had not become a failure and he did not love Zephyr, then Corey would have never figured out who killed Jeff Hannaford because Vernon was the one who pointed Cory in the right direction. After Corey won his award for the third best short story in the Zephyr Arts Council Writing Contest, Vernon invited him to come to his house because he wanted to meet
When Cory reached inside the luxurious house, he was greeted by Vernon and was told by him about his career as a writer. Vernon had written a wonderful book about Zephyr but the publishing companies made his book transform into a different novel. Because his novel failed, Vernon came back to Zephyr and started cherishing it because he realized that it was the place where he belonged. Inside Vernon’s room, he had a very detailed and accurate model of Zephyr. When asked about why he had this map, he said the reason was that because he loved the small town of Zephyr. If Vernon did not love Zephyr then he would have never made this model which started a conversation between Cory’s dad about the new supermarket that was gaining popularity. From this conversation and the visual map of Zephyr, “the nude detective” discovered that the killer had to be someone that did not get home delivery from Green Meadows Milk Company.