Roth experienced frustration due to the assumptions people made about him being Jewish. He felt that others often projected their own views onto him simply because they shared a similar background. This expectation left him feeling misunderstood and irritated.
He recognized that some challenges he faced might be attributed to his ethnicity, but he believed it was unjust to link his identity to his personal struggles. To him, being Jewish was merely a matter of circumstance and not something that dictated his beliefs or interests.