Anthony and Nuveen's claim

scene: Tom/Joey cleansing himself in the pond outside of Richie's mansion in the penultimate scene.

claim: True rebirth can only occur through dealing with unresolved tensions from one's history.

objections: We cannot be certain that Tom/Joey's "baptism" in the pond can actually be considered a rebirth. He comes back to the dinner table in the ultimate scene and based upon the actions of the son and daughter, he seems to have returned to his constructed America, but we don't know if his wife has accepted him as a new person, or if he cannot escape the ghost of Joey.