Early in the story, when Jack’s father tells him about finding his mother in a catalog and he lies about her, Jack wonders, “What kind of woman puts herself into a catalog so that she can be bought?” Later, he is focused on on-campus recruiting season, and tells us, “I schemed about how to lie to the corporate recruiters most effectively so that they'll offer to buy me.” Why do you think the story draws this parallel between Jack and his mother both lying in order to be “bought”?