Colton Harris: Moore's Character Analysis

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Colton Harris-Moore lived with his alcoholic mother in San Juan Island for most of his life. Since Colton's mother Pam didn't have much money they had to live out of a rundown trailer. Because Colton's father wasn't in his life, he couldn't stop Colton's mother for abuse and neglect him. Colton would constantly get into at school. Kids bulled Colton, and for Colton to get "even" he bullied back. Colton was so out of control that even his minter couldn't handle him. He was so bad that his mother was told to take him to counseling, but that didn't even seem to work. The closest person that Colton had to a friend was Harley Davidson Ironwing. He taught Colton that in order to survive you have to steal. These words seemed to stick with Colton the

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