Depression In Jack Gantos A Hole In My Life

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Jack had fallen through a trap of depression, This is why you make your choices wisely. This book A Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos is a story of a kid growing up, but makes a lot of mistakes growing up. He lived near Puerto Rico growing up, then moved to Florida and then back to Puerto Rico. They moved back to Puerto Rico because they didn't have enough money for Jack to go to school. When he moved back he started doing bad things: drugs, alcohol and he started working at a hotel. I think the thesis of A Hole in my Life is that money can make you do dumb decisions.

Jack is a lost person so it makes him do dumb things for money. Jack got offered to help smuggle drugs for $10,000, because Jack is lost he accepted the job. When he was asked to

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