As for "why" he decides to be "Jack in the country" and "Earnest in the city" from his friend Algernon whom also happens to be "Algy in the city who Bunbury's in the country" is nothing but the author's own personal contempt to the hypocrisy of Victorian society and their plentiful double-lives. In the story, as it is, it comes as a surprise in a way to the reader to realize that, after their extended friendship, Algernon knew nothing of "Jack" and Earnest knew nothing of Bunbury, which leads us to realize that the two had a quite shallow relationship, much like those of Victorian, upper class Londoners at that time.
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