Thanks for playing my game! I can see how it can be confusing and why you thought you were playing a different character or made a mistake ... or thought The Toaster was about bread :)
The game is based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe. In life, he was originally buried in an unmarked grave, but later someone bought him a new, elegant one. The game is about his soul coming back to resolve some of his largest life conflicts by letting them go (symbolised by placing significant things on the pedestals in each room). After resolving all of his conflicts and placing the correct things on each pedestal, his soul can moved from the unmarked grave and go to it's new, elegant headstone where he can be at rest near his loved ones. The pictures are of the significant people in his life at each stage (so "you" are always Poe). The Toaster is based on The Poe Toaster, a real-life fan who goes to his grave every year and leaves a bottle of wine and three roses.