Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!

Stephen's home life is crumbling.  His father is drinking too much, the family is forced to sell off property to make ends meet, and his uncle Charles is going crazy.  Stephen's alienation with his peers seems to be extending to his family as well.  I get the sense that Stephen is a loner who is searching, for what I do not know. 

Having won thirty-three pound in a writing contest, Stephen tries to buy his family some happiness which fails.  He seems lost and money does not seem to bring the acceptance he craves.