Used

 This chapter starts out at a naval reenactment, toby and his mom spend a day in town. As there day goes on Toby's moms magnetizes more men in. But this time its two men working together. The men ask toby want he wants for lunch, he says a hamburger. So the men say he'll take toby and his mom to his place for lunch. once they get there they give toby a bolonia sandwich, not a hamburger . They just used toby to get with the mom. At this moment we see that this is Toby's life in a nut shell. I feel like he's being used thought out the whole book. Not just with men, but with his friends. I feel like he thinks he worthless. I predict that later in the book toby will understand that he is being used and take charge. Also maybe stand up and protect his mother

B.S

When tobys moms new boyfriend says he can enter in the turkey shooting competition and that he can shoot real turkeys and that he should bring his gun. He was so excited but he has always been let down by people but this time he thought it would be different. When the day actually comes he's let down once again. Her new boyfriend says that he's too young to shoot and that he can shoot for him and that there aren't actually real turkeys. Once again he is B.Sed into liking the person just so his mom will like that person.

Jews

I find that Terry has problems with Jews because of his dad but that still doesn't give him the right to be hateful against them. I think they all need better role models in their lives rather then their moms. Because right now their moms aren't helping them any.

Jewish Problems

I feel like Terry shouldn't be so hateful towards Jews just because he is having problems with him dad; it's not respectful or fair to the other townspeople. I think he needs a better way to get his anger out, rather than playing pranks on people who did nothing wrong.

Jewish

I find it ironic how Silver doesn't like the Jews even though he's a Jew. I can understand that he doesn't like them because his father is a Jew and he doesn't like his father, but he shouldn't be talking like that about his own religion.

Wing man!

I think it's funny that "Gil" is using Jack as a wing man to get his mother. But in actuality Jack is using Gil to get free stuff that he's wanted like this bike. I also think that Judd is scared of Gil because  Judd does what ever Gil tells him to do. But this is a normal approach on a single mother. All you have to do is make close friends with the kid and you will get the mother. It's like walking your dog to pick up women it works most of the time.

The Date

I think that the beginning of this chapter was foreshadowing of was was going to happen later. We know that Jack's mom is very pretty, and that strangers from the street won't take you to their home, make you a "hamburger", and buy you an expensive bike without something in return. Gil and Judd only wanted to use Jack's mom for their own pleasure.

The date

In the book the guy that jacks mom was seeing was really trying to get to jacks mom by getting jack to like him, and making a lot of false promises. When jacks mom cam home from her date crying jack was really trying to comfort her, and it shows that there is some kind of good side to jack. He likes to feel needed. It makes me wonder what happened on his moms date, and why did she come home crying?

A New Bike

In this next chapter, we run into more men trouble with Jack's mother. While at the pier, they run into Gil and Judd, two men who take instant liking of Jack's mother and will do anything to talk to her. After talking back and forth, Gil and Judd take her back to their house on the shore. Jack, throughout all of this is very skeptical about Gil and Judd. I think that this is going to be another bad man situation for Jack's mother because she is so desperate she will take any man she can get. As the conversation continued, Gill offered to buy Jack a red Raleigh. This was another way to get closer to Ma. Later on, mom went out with Gill and came back crying, we don't exactly know what happened but seems like the "date" did not go well. However, the morning after, Jack had the nerve to ask about the bike again; Which I though was very rude. His relationship with his mother seems to be on and off, good and bad. I don't quite know how he really feels about her and if he even loves her. I guess we will have to find out later in the book.

Jews

I think the reason that terry is so against Jews is because of his dad. He seems to have a lot of hatrid towards Jews which means that something must of happened to him for him to react like that. Maybe something to do with his father.

Lies. Trouble.

Jack and his mother have these two guys come up to them. One guy starts talking to Jack,while the first guy has him distracted,another guy goes and walks towards his mother. There was one guy that asked Jack if he was hungry and he said yes he was. So Judd, the one that was going to make him something to eat asked him what he wanted, and Jack said a hamburger. Judd made Jack a baloney sandwich.Jack and his mother were asking for trouble.

Jews

The fact that silver doesn't like Jews is really ironic because he is Jewish. I think maybe he doesn't like Jewish people because his dad is Jewish. He probably hates Jewish people because his dad and mom split up and I'm guessing that it was his dad's fault or his dads decision to leave causing silver to hate him.

Jews?

I think that some of Terry's anger at isn't his father and Jews is because he doesn't see his dad and that causes anger in most kids today also.

Uncool

In the last few pages that I have read we learn more about Jack's friends, Silver and Taylor. Wendo not know their first names but we do know that they are a bad influence on Jack. One thing that I noticed is that all of their parents seem distant from their lives. Silver's dad is gone and Taylor's mother is in some sort of deep depression. From this I think that is why they are so rebellious (smoking, throwing eggs at cars) because they do not have the proper parental guidance which is needed with 11 year olds

This Boys Life

When mom and Jack moved to Seattle to get away from Roy, Jack meets two boys named Terry Taylor and Terry Silver. They skip school, they smoke, and watched cartoons and talked dirty during it.

Future jail mates

   In these past few pages we start to see the importance of a father figure in a boys life growing up. In these past few chapters we see that Toby and his two friends lack a father figure growing up. And we see hat they do. Toby's friends make fun of there sisters. Watch Mickey Mouse club house, and talking dirty about the girl on the t.v. Also we start to notice that the boys has a strong hate against Jews. When most of the crew are Jewish. The boys egg a " jewish man" riding in a thunderbird. These boys seem to be jealous of what they don't have, and hate what they do. These boys are lacking something obviously. But what exactly is it. A father figure?

Uncool

Jack and his mom moved to West Seattle to get away from Roy. In seattle he meets Taylor and Silver. He skips schoolwith them and do drugs and talk nasty to shows on tv. His mommeets a new guy and Jack does not like him.

Keeps pushing

I think that if Toby keeps pushing all of these boundaries he's gonna get something flung back at him, karma might have to come into play because of all these incidents, I mean throwing eggs at a decent car and hiding to not get caught. By the way what's up with his friend Silver calling the guy  a "Yidi" isn't he Jewish. He is an anti Semitic Jewish person, it doesn't make sense to me

TBL

Toby seems be doing a lot of bad things and I think his friends and mom aren't helping him any. His friends seem to encourage bad things but his mom doesn't punish him like she doesn't care. It's almost as bad as encouraging the bad things like his friends are doing. I think Toby should go to military school. He should also mature up and the only way that's going to happen is for him to get rid of those friends. And find new ones who will lead him in the right direction.

Guiltiness?

Now that Toby and his mom have moved to Seattle, Toby has made some new friends that I believe will eventually get him into trouble. What I keep wondering though is does Toby ever feel even a little bit guilty about going behinde his mom's back and doing these bad jokes and pranks knowing that she wants him to be a good well behaved son.

This boys life

In This Boys Life, Jack/Toby has turned into a bad boy, and his mother doesn't seem to acknowledge his behavior. I think she wants to believe that she is raising her son to the best of her ability and he was turning out great. That or she knows who he has been acting and thinks it a stage that he will aadventually grow out of.

Responsefor page 47

This section was really about learning about jacks friends. I noticed that they get really jealous. I find it really strange that silver got so mad throwing eggs at the car. Probably more mad then the guy in the car. I want to find out why silver hates Jews so much. I think it has something to do with his dad, but I think there's a little more behind it. Jack and his other friend seem to do whatever silver tells them to.

Trouble

Jack(Toby) is going to get in a lot of trouble because he will start to act like Taylor and Silver. The three boys threw eggs at someone's car.Jack shouldn't be hanging out with Terry or Silver because they are a bad influence on him. Ever since Jack met Taylor and Silver, Jack hasn't been acting the same as he was before he met them.Jack is asking for a lot of trouble by hanging with the two other boys.

2/7/13 post O'Brien

I think that the boys are going to get into a lot of trouble. Jack will take after Silver and Taylor, and from what we have learned in the last couple pages from the chapter, Jack and the other boys, I think, will be tried in a juvenile court for doing the things they do, and because of the trouble with the law, Toby and mom will leave Seattle.