Buddha Boy Analysis

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In the first chapter of Buddha Boy we get introduced to two main characters, Justin and Jinsen. The narrator of this story is Justin. Justin tells us about the social structure of his high school, Edward Rucher High School. The readers find out Justin is in the middle of the social structure with two of his friends, Megan and Jakob. Then Jinsen, the new kid, comes into the cafeteria asking for money. Justin hands him some money, but his friends are mad at him because he did that. Then later in class Justin gets paired with Tim Elder and Jinsen for a project. Then Tim Elder refuses to do the project with Jinsen. So it ends up just being Justin and Jinsen.

I think this was a good to start with chapter. This chapter clearly explained the beginning

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