The book starts out with Jack talking about him being in prison and how violent it was. Then Jack talks about how his dad had a keen eye for spotting criminals but he never pegged his own son for being a criminal. When Jack was nineteen his family decided that they would move to Puerto Rico since his father found a job. Instead of going to school in Puerto Rico he got a job doing electrical work for a hotel and this is when Jack's downward spiral began. He had a lot of freedom while working this job because he lived in the hotel and had maid service. He was also allowed to drink. After a while he wanted to go back to school so he was sent back to Florida to live with the Bacon family and to go back to his old high school. Unfortunately Jack's behavior was too much for the Bacon family and he was kicked out of their house. Jack then found a place to stay in an old motel. He started to turn around a little bit and started to think about becoming a writer. He would write in a journal when ideas came to him. One day during school some prisoners came to the his school and talked about the life that got them into prison. Jack thought he would never be like them.
So far I have enjoyed reading this book and I am curious to see how he eventually ended up in prison. He never really thought that he would have to go through times like that. Jack had lived interesting childhood because it seems that he did not have much supervision.
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