In the book Old School by Tobias Wolff there are examples of where Tobias is a not so innocent boy. He is often times a trouble-maker and very rowdy. However, there is a passage in the book the hints at otherwise. Deep down Tobias is more innocent than his antics lead on. In the book Old School, there are many passages that explain Tobias’ true feelings of innocence. One of which is on page 17 where Wolff states, “but every morning I felt a rush of joy to wake to the bells ringing in the clock tower and go to my window and think, My God! I’m really here!”(Wolff, 17). Basically, Wolff is suggesting that, though Tobias was doing poorly in school and often times slacking off, he really cared about his education deep down and was very excited