For some reason, I think this book has been quite interesting and easy for me to follow, which is not the case for allot of books. In the beginning it is talking about him in the present, and how he is occupied with jail bars surrounding him in jail. The guys name is Jack Gantos, and he is a really fascinating person. It is not yet said the reason that he is behind bars, but I think the rest of the story is his life leading up to his hardships. In jail he describes himself as pretty shy, and not wanting to be apart of the prisoners because they were pretty grusome. He basically tried to stay invisible. Jail is where he went from thinking about writing, to writing, and that was one of his main goals in life was to become a writer. So a little farther in to the chapter he starts the story of his life, and he starts it with his highschool years. He was a junior and lived in Ft. Lauderdale, and suddenly his parents decided to move to San Jaun. Jack was used to moving, so it wasnt that tragic. After realzing that he couldnt fit in the public schools becasue he couldnt speak spanish, and the private schools were too expensive, he thought he didnt have to go to school so he worked as an electrician with his dad for awhile. Coming to realize that he needed to get an education he moved back to Ft. Lauderdale with the Bacon family. The Bacon family were very welcoming at first until Jack started acting up. He would come home at insane hours in the night so drunk he couldnt funtion. After countless nights spent with his face in the toilet, he just was not getting it. One morning the Bacon family woke up to puke all over there family room carpet, and that was the last straw for them. Jack was kicked out. Jack ended up living in his car, and eventally found a small room to rent. He still had a job and still went to school, but he was on his own. I cant even imagine being on my own at 17. Jack wanted to clean up his act, but for him things always dont go the way he wanted. He got cought up i the wrong crowd and was in the enviroment of weed. He shifted away from that crowd, and ended up in his rented room with the manager bringing him breakfast and watching over him like a grandma would. Things were not going well for his dads businsess. There family had moved again, and the relationship was drifting. Jack decided not to go to college, which was one of his goals as well but he just didnt have the drive.
This is all amazing to me, how he is surving on his own and making adult decisions by himself. Its almost as if he is so content and isnt really bothered by his family being sepearted. Or maybe it does bother him and he is just that easy going. I dont know it seems as if he is just seeing what may get him introuble, almost as if he has nothing to loose. The fact that he is into writing is really cool becasue that shows that he is a creative person and likes to express his feelings which I like.
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