Something mentioned that plays a huge part of the book? Philosophy. Martin Dean, Harry West, and I believe Jasper Dean have all been referred to as philosophers, because they are. This is the author's, Steve Toltz, way if saying "hey, I'm a philosopher." By expressing it through his characters. All three of these characters produce critical views based of both fact and things they just assume.
Martin Dean is by far the most pessimistic. He'll observe things he doesn't like and is not afraid to just talk about what he thinks. Bu he's not usually mean about it, just blunt. A lot of the time he's honestly trying to help- although he often spirals into confusing tangents when he gives speeches, if you get them they're really helpful and informing. He gives constructive criticism, and it works, if you just follow his suggestions. You see, Martin likes things that are hard to solve, and complicated. He likes them, because he can solve them.
Jasper Dean, Martins son, is much different. Jasper is one who likes more simplicity in his situations. He never understands his fathers speeches, but he still is a philosopher. I think that if you have philosophical thoughts, and have mounds of though and opinion, you just don't share them, they can still count as a philosopher.
Last, there's Harry West. He has complex, real thoughts of what to do in order to succeed. Even though his thoughts leads him into negative things like murder and crime, he still thinks optimistically. You can tell him anything, and he would go on rants explaining the pro's and con's of that theory.
I think you can conclude that Steve Toltz does express his many opinions through his characters, especially Martin, Jasper, and Harry.
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