Jacket

This short story called The Jacket by Gary Soto is about a young American boy who lives most of his younger life insecure of his looks and what he wears, in representation of what it was like for foreigners in America at the time. The author of this works was born April 12, 1952 in Fresno, California. Gary’s father and mother were Mexican-American and his father died in 1957. His family struggled to find work but then in high school Gary found an interest in poetry and decided to pursue his…

The Jacket (Rough Draft) I threw my books on my bed and approached a jacket as if it were a beautiful stranger. That jacket was on my bed and it was one amazing black leather jacket with three silver belts made of metal. Then I yelled, “Mom is this my jacket?” “Yes” my Mother said. I screamed and threw my other old guacamole colored jacket on the floor that was saying “Put me back on.” I was so happy that old thing was out of my site. I ran around my room with that black leather jacket then…

“The Jacket” Fictional Narrative Assessment Gary Soto’s “The Jacket” tells the story of a jacket that the author received when he was in 6th grade. The jacket his mother lovingly purchased for him was NOT the kind of jacket he had asked for, and in his eyes, brought him three years of bad luck. Rewrite Soto’s personal narrative as if his mother HAD bought him the neat jacket - “like bikers wear: black leather and silver studs with enougt belts to hold down a small town.” Tell your version from…

In the stories "The Scholarship Jacket" and "The Stolen Party" the author shows us how social class impacts the characters. In the story "The Scholarship Jacket" a girl named Martha is discriminated when she is close to getting the scholarship jacket from her school, but even though she deserves it, a girl named Joann could get it too because her family is of a higher class while Martha is from a lower class. In the story "The Stolen Party" a maid's daughter goes her mothers master's birthday,…

really resonated with me and made me ponder the future were the speeches by Frederick Douglass and Red Jacket, Douglass being a former slave and an abolitionist and Red Jacket a Native American. Both of these men discuss the obstacles and struggles they face because of white oppression. I understand that modern people of color do not face the same kind of oppression that Douglass and Red Jacket faced when they were alive, but today’s colored people still experience their own struggles with…

country to a new town and school. As if this isn't bad enough, you are now going to have to be the "new kid" in the class. You have no friends and no name and the kids refer to you as "kid in the red jacket". This is what Howard Jeeter has to face in the realistic fiction novel The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park. Howard, the main character, is a fifth grade boy. He with his mom, dad and baby brother Gaylord, move from Arizona to Rosemount, Massachusetts for his father's job. Howard's…

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Columbia. In the past decade alone several changes in campaign strategies have taken place to help the company thrive. One campaign strategy called “ Don’t Buy This Jacket”, was a interesting idea that exercised the movement that Patagonia was trying to start. Patagonia’s campaign told customers not to buy their product vs. wearing a jacket they already own. This strategy does not seem ethical to a thriving business, however Patagonia’s “anti-growth strategy” may seem like an a “reduce, repair,…

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When people hear stories, most of the time they can tell if they are real, but sometimes it can be hard to tell. Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried shows his and the experiences of many other soldiers in the Vietnam War. He describes all the horrible things they see, what they feel, and the impact of the war on them. Along with the memories of war, he also includes the art of writing and the importance of stories. In some of the chapters, O’Brien even writes about events that never…