the hair curling down the back of his neck"(17). In dealing with Darlene, Ignatius does not leave a positive impression when he consumes many macaroons and wine cakes, "sending out his flabby pink tongue over his moustache to hunt for crumbs"(18). The images of Ignatius' hair, tongue, and moustache do not paint pretty pictures and he is seen as the "big crazyman." Following their departure from the Night of Joy, Ignatius and his mother have difficulties getting to the car and reach their destination after exerting much effort. In the car accident that is caused by Ignatius' relentless commentary, he fully shows his loss of physical control when he vomits down the side of the car. Toole's use of Grotesque realism places a decided emphasis on Ignatius' body and its flaws. With the exaggerated physical view of Ignatius, the reader can more easily place him in the dunce category. The situation at the Night of Joy and the subsequent car accident lead Ignatius to believe that Fortuna is spinning him downward, but, he does not realize that he creates his own luck by his actions and words. He is the agent of his own undoing. "Fortune" is of his own making. .
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The time between the unfortunate accident and Ignatius' job at Levy Pants sets the stage for Ignatius. He spends hours writing in his Big Chief tablets and his lofty language and ideas stem from his extensive schooling. For example, he writes about ".the breakdown of the Medieval system, the god of Chaos, Lunacy, and Bad Taste [gaining] ascendancy"(25). Ignatius reads Boethius and extends the same ideas into his own life, believing in the "rota Fortunae, or the wheel of fortune, a central concept in De Consolatione Philosophiae,"(27). Ignatius is interrupted by his mother's pleading for him to get a job to pay for the damages to the building in the car accident. Ignatius vehemently opposes the idea but finds employment at Levy Pants. Upon his first visit to the "disreputable office"(58), Ignatius is manipulative in his demands when he tells Mr.
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