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Jack is a guy who doesn’t like to follow rules, unless they were made by him. With that fact, one can see that Jack truly does respect the rule even though he might not like it.

Jack not only changes the people around him and makes them see that there is a brighter day, but he also rebuilds their morals and confidence. He does this in various scenes of the movie. For instance, when Jack asked Dedmon to challenge the NCAA and all Dedmon was getting back was rejection letters. Jack asked him if he was

On the contrary, Jack chooses how to act regardless of his role models, meaning that he can be held accountable for his own actions. From the beginning of the memoir Jack is depicted as an immature child whose dream it was to transform into someone different. Jack’s dreams of transformation get further and further from reality predominantly due to how he decides to act and the people he chooses to spend his time with. Jack is responsible for his own actions as he is the one who actually decides how he acts. A moment in the memoire where Jack’s delinquency is depicted is when Jack states that “[he] was a thief.

In the end Jack leave his work and drive with Katy to Fountain Lake, and he has been waiting for that in a long time. I think in the end when Jack goes with Katy he feels happy and free. He lets go of all his worries and problems, and did not look back, and finally enjoys himself. He achieved the two things he wanted, he moved out of his parent’s house, and he has Katy on his side, and they are going to Fountain Lake, and for doing that he left his work. in the end he

Even though Jack demonstrated his leadership qualities when proposing a rescue plan to the ‘tribe’, and by accepting Ralph’s election to lead the group, something he wanted for himself, he eventually turns into a savage through killing a pig. This incident gives him a sense of power realizing that he can act with impunity without consequences. Wanting to hunt and kill pigs turned into a priority, eliminating the need to be

Jack is more conservative when it comes to his lifestyle in the country. He does not want a boring life that’s only meant for business so he makes up a fake brother named Ernest. This leads him to live a double-life because he goes by the name Ernest when

Throughout this novel, Jack does whatever his friends do. When he was living in Seattle with his mother, he was influenced by his new friends to do bad things. His friends, Silver and Terry were kids with no

Jack sets his views straight as he believes that hunting is good enough for a tribe to live off. He also tries to encourage others this way by bringing up fun in hunting, thus taking them away from the boring "working life" that Ralph has to offer. In the quote itself, Jack states that the others can go when he wants to go. This may be a foreshadow of the type of leader he is, and what he may do. The quote also informs the reader that Jack has set his priorities straight, and that he

This is the first time jacks true feelings come out and he turns into psycho jack which is connected with the theme. This Scene we get with jack shows the importance of this topic and how it has a deeper meaning.

This causes Jack to be driven off the edge in hatred, which also causes his family to be in danger of abuse yet again.

Jack makes fun of Melanie’s future husband and asked random questions to keep the conversation going. First, he tells her that William is nineteen years older than him. He even calls him granddaddy and questions her on how old William is going to be when her baby turns ten. Furthermore, Jack asked William out of nowhere if he smokes. He asked him that question to see if he responded yes so he can make another argument. According to Bausch, “He sat down in his kitchen and tried to think of something else to say” (89). This demonstrates how Jack wants to keep the conversation going in order to prevent talking about the problems within his marriage. However, he takes it too far and hurts Melanie’s feelings. All throughout the conversation he is thinking about himself and what to say to avoid talking about his problem but he doesn’t realize that what he is saying hurts Melanie’s feeling because that is the man she loves that he is making fun of.

One event leading up to Jack’s demise was when he purposely sabotaged their only form of the transport, the snowmobile. He threw away the needed part to fix it. Finally, he loses it completely, and attacks his family. In the moments before his tragic

She was right, Jack did exactly what he had dreamt of and fought for, for years. He finally found his mom, and although it wasn't the ideal reunion he had fantasized about every night before going to bed. He did what he had set out to do from the very first day he got stranded in the woods alone. His determination brought him to his mother, and even though she was dead, Jack still knew that one day they would be together and get to have the reunion he had dreamed of. One day he, his mom, and Toby would all be together as a family. He waited 5 years, he could wait a couple more. He knew that as long as he continued to be just as determined, he would get to be with her, but as of now, he had found her and that is all that

Karen, the youngest of the three, lives in Florida and has an unhealthy line of unstable relationships under her belt. When she arrives to her father’s funeral with Steve, her fiancé, Barb makes a comment that he is this year’s man, only proving that she has had a stream of boyfriends. Karen often feels that she does not belong in the family and acts as such. She is blind to the harsh

I think Jack and Ellen should run away and not play in the games. Jack and Ellen are in love with each other. The are both really close throughout this whole book. Jack also kissed Ellen two times in one night. Plus he missed her all of summer break. Ellen and Jack don’t want to fight one another. I know this because Jack goes to Ellen's room and they talk about it. She doesn’t want to fight Jack but she also doesn't want to run and get hurt anymore. They are both still young and they have there whole lives ahead of them. No one needs to die. Jack and Ellen are only sixteen years old. Ellen has been running her whole life. She should have a family like Jack but she doesn’t because she was forced to fight. Along with Jack and Ellen not