The Jacket By Gary Soto

Emani Childs                                     November 15 10 `

                           The Jacket


   From the boys Point of view His clothes have always failed him . He has never received anything new , unless it was a hammy down . When his mother asked him what kind of jacket he wanted , he described a black biker jacket that had enough belts to hold down a small town . The next day he arrived home to a day old guacamole colored jacket in the Short story called  “ The Jacket “ by Gary Soto . The young boy was feeling just another moment of disappointment . This young boys mother had always bought things 2 sizes bigger so that who ever was wearing the item could use it for a longer time then they would use it if they got it in the size they really fit , because she was cheap . The young boy wore That jacket for three years straight without getting anything else between those years .The kids at school made the boy feel ashamed and poor when they laughed at him when there were fire drills going on and you had no chose but to wear your coat outside . He had expressed that he had hated those three years of his life like no other . He has also blamed those three years on his mother for being so cheap and having such bad taste. Int The This particular Short story it shows how ones ways can ruin an others .

Eyes and Teeth x3

Emani Childs                                           Oct 27 10 `

                   Eyes and teeth


In the Short Story called “ Eyes and teeth “ buzz’s cousin explains the great bond that Buzz and His cousin share in the beginning . They also explained in the story that buzz and his mother don’t have such a good connection / bond . Buzz’s mother doesn’t appreciate such the good son she was given because of his skin color , his ( dark skin color ) . Negativity  and hate is shared all throughout this Short story . Towards  the middle of this story , buzz explains how he found out his mother was talking about him to her friends and how he has joined a black paramilitary group was doing evil dope with other black people . She was saying all of this while buzz was hiding under the piano bench in the living room .

At the end of buzz’s childhood buzz and hi s mother lose connection with each other , but are not sad about this at all . they are more happy to be away from each other because of all the hatred that they went threw when buzz was smaller . When buzz buzz moves on he finds his self with a beautiful wife , two kids and a car that his mother doubted he would ever achieve .After all the rough and bad times in his life he got what he deserved the whole time .

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