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As I conintued through Apex Hides The Hurt, I saw how the narrator’s struggles overlaped that of the town’s. The narrator had fallen into the midst of the corporate world and is at they height of his career, yet constantly feels he needs to make worth of his profession. The narrator tries to refuse these feelings that his profession is worthless, by hiding behind a wealthy lifestyle. The narrator was named one of 50 most eligible bachelors and put that title to use in going out on meaningless dates to nice restaurants, until eventually his life bottoms out. His time in Winthrop seems to parallel the town’s search for a new name, as he is in pursuit for his identity. The narrator realizes that his old self is no longer fulfilling, similar to that Winthrop is no longer fulfilling the town’s needs as a name. As much as the narrator realizes his need to move on, he can not conceive of who he is, similar to that of the town being unable to reach a suitable name. The narrator is in a stalemate which is juxtaposed to the stalemate of the town. The town is headed towards a new, commercial era yet there are remenants of the past throughout the town.