« [. . .] it became obvious that someone should install a second towel rack. The responsibility for this task logically fell to the one who knew, in some way, how to use an electric drill” (Chabon, 715). Society's view of what makes a man a man is the ability to do the practical work of building and repairing things, demonstrating physical and mental strength. Chabon proves it again by taking his father as an example: “I have never forgotten that day. . . when I watched in silent horror as my father, unfazed and confident and disdainful of the instruction sheet, assembled an entire barbecue grill with its key parts upside down and upside down (Chabon, 717). Humanity gives the impression that a man must always appear confident. In his article, Chabon says "It's an essential part of being a man: inundating everyone around you in a great radiant arc of bullshit." . . but in reality, the trick of being a man is appearing to hold your head high when deep down, the truest part of you is screaming: Oh, shit! . . . The refusal of men to stop and ask for directions, a founding cliché of women's criticism, analysis and mockery of male behavior, is a perfect example of this tendency to put forward this front . . .” (716-717). Chabon proves that society has this perspective where a man cannot