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I found it funny that Jackson seems in denial that he is violent and thinks he is a perfect non-violent teenager. He doesn’t like to admit all the things that he did wrong. For example, he was married a few times and fathers a few of his children. As a reader, you are unable to rely on him because he was suppose to return the dance regalia to the store within twenty-four hours since he things that the dance regalia is his grandmother. Jackson doesn’t understand that it could be his grandmothers, but the owner of the store could have bought it from her and now wants to sell it. Jackson is a typical teenager that drinks and turns into something more that he should not be like making bad choices. The author is trying to accomplish a point because

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