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Stuck In The Middle

Adolescence often places a child in the difficult position of wanting to impress
their peers and simultaneously please their parents. Such quandary occurs in Gary Soto's
"The Jacket" when the young boy is placed in the unenviable position of wearing a jacket
that is a displeasing shade of green. The jacket was given to him by his beloved mother.
This young man was hoping for a cool jacket , "something like the bikers wear: black
leather and silver studs, with enough belts to hold down a small town."(3). But instead ,
the boy had received an ugly green jacket. He was then stuck in a position where he had to
either please his mother by wearing the monstrosity , or he could go to school without it
so he would not be thought of as a dork. He ended up wearing the jacket which to him it
was a mistake. It seemed to , in his mind , have caused him to receive bad test grades ,
beatings from the bully , ridicule from the other classmates and frustration over......

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