Jack's mom has lost it!

In this sections of this boys life, Jack's mom starts moving things into Dwight's home. I am starting to not really like her because she is making all of these huge decisions fast and not thinking at all about herself or even Jack. Now she is starting to turn to Jack for an opinion about it all, which is putting him in a weird position as her son. I think she needs to get out while she still can and just think of her and Jack; no one else.

Living with Dwight.

 It sucks that Toby's change is kind of forced on to him. But it's a good thing he is becoming more of a man though all of it. I couldn't believe that Toby didn't tell his mom that Dwight isn't what she think he is. He much really care about his mom not to do that. If she is thinking everything is good that she will end up moving in and then get stuck with Dwight even thought he is mean but he is acting like an angle. She needs to know the true Dwight or she will get hurt and run again somewhere.

Citizenship in the home

This chapter was about seeing whether Jacks mother should marrie Dwight or not. It was basically seeing if Jack got along with Dwight or not. But they kind of lied to Jacks mom about how it was going. Because Dwight made Jack go through and shuck the chest nuts, he also had to do the paper route but the money he got out of that Dwight told Jack what he was going to buy with it, and finally he told Jack to go into the Boy Scouts. Anther thing. That happend in this chapter was Jack keep Norma's secret about her boy friend.

Moving in

After Christmas Jack moved in with Dwight for a couple months or so. He really didn't have a choice on what to do. He knew he didn't. When he moved in he didn't have any choices. Dwight was telling him what and when to spend his money on things.

Same life's

Though these past few pages we see that Dwight is In complete control of Toby. He's gets him a new paper route and makes him husk cheats nuts. While his time in the house we start to see Dwight' is physically and also mentally abuses. And whn Toby's mom asks him how he's doing he says fine. This makes me wonder if jack and his mom had the same kind of father fugue growing up. Because before we see that jacks grandfather was a nut job. He reminds me of me Dwight, I wonder if later on jacks mom will catch on and take a stand. Because Toby's mom has bin treated by bad men her whole life 

Mom's Bad Judgement

While Jack'smother thinks that Dwight is a sweetheart, I think otherwise. Though Jack is a sarcastic boy, Dwight is a stern mean man; Jack has free time, and Dwight makes him go to Boy Scouts because he thinks Jack is just being lazy, and has way too much time on his hands. I mean, if it was me I'd have left already. I didn't like Dwight the first time we met him in the book, he seemed kind of,  creepy. I mean this has been said before but, no person is ever always happy and cheery and things like that. I mean Dwight treats Jack like crap and Jack tries his best to do whatever he thinks will keep himself away out of trouble. By the end of these section of the book Dwight is sort of being nice to Jack, because they paint together, and they agree without fighting, I still have a feeling that Dwight  isn't the nice guy, that he seems.

Bootcamp

In the reading we experience what life is like at Dwight's is like. It completely reminds me of a boot camp that you would see in a movie, Dwight being that jerk of a drill Sargent and Jack was the one forced into it. Even though Jack did what he did there should have been more expression in both the book and movie about what Jack was really thinking as he was with his mom about to go to Dwight's. In the book and movie it does a really good job of foreshadowing what's about to happen in the future, and to be honest, I don't think we've seen the worst of Dwight yet.

Rosemary

Jakes mother is all about the future. She makes plans, and sets high goal, but never for fills them. And when the times get rough, she just picks up her stuff and left. She letter her parents, she left her old town because of her boyfriend, she left him again when he found them. She also says she is going to do something, and rarely actually does it. My dad always says, "you can say what you say, but you gotta do what say."

Moving in

After Christmas rose and Dwight both decide that it would be best if jack/Toby moved in with Dwight for a couple months or so. His mom kept saying he had a chose But he really didn't. He knew he didn't. Even when he moved in he didn't have any choices. Dwight was telling Toby what and when to spend his money on things. He didn't really have any choices at all in this situation that he was forced in.

Differences between the book and the movie

Some of the differences between the book and the movie are the gun, and detail so far. During the turkey shoot, in the book rose went last, and used the same gun as Dwight. In the movie, rose went after Dwight, and used her own gun. Also, I. In the book jack was not present when his mother shot, and in the movie he was. Also, the book has a lot more detail than the movie. For example, when we met Dwight's kids.

Jack living with dwight

Dwight is completely fake when he's with jacks mom. He would act all nice then say how much fun they have together and jack would have no choice but to agree. Dwight makes jack do all these ridiculous chores and would always tell him how he's worthless and basically didn't care about his existence. Jacks mom finally agreed to marry Dwight and she quit her job but she was still unsure about living with Dwight because she could tell that jack wasn't enjoying himself there.

Shaping Jack and His Fight

On the cover of the book you can see Dwight taking Jack to Concrete. His mother sent him to live with Dwight for a month. Dwight's fake layers start to unravel and show you his true self that he was bidding from Jacks mother. Dwight has a interesting way to make Jack a better man. Dwight first takes away his freedom, Jake no longer has any free time. Jake now has a job and can't chose how he spends his own money, he had to join the scouts. Jake put on his uniform and acted like a soilder with his windchester in hand. I see a motif, from the beginning of the book when he also acted like a soilder. I think the symbolizes his feeling to fight to be free.

To Late

Mother calls Jack to tell him that's it's not to late to go back and live with her. But was it really? I think it was to late because Jack started to like going to boy scouts. He learned so much from it. He enjoyed something about Chinook and living with Dwight. He started to like the way he was becoming. Going back would be like just learning something and your sure you have it but then you take the test and fail because we don't know everything.

After Christmas

After Christmas, Dwight and rose desided to have jack live with Dwight for a while. Jack was really upset because he hates Dwight so much. Rose kept saying that he had a choice, but jack really knew he didn't. No matter what he said, he was going to go live with Dwight for a while.

Scouts

Throughout the pages 96 and 106, jack goes through some rough time and some easy times. Some of the rough times are when Dwight forces him to things he doesn't like. For instance, Dwight made jack get a job, and make money, then tell jack what to buy with it. One of the good this is when Jack joins the Boy Scouts. Jack also really enjoys the scouts.

Citizenship In The Home

From pages 96-106 we see into Jack's new life living with Dwight. Jack is made to husk horse chestnuts and deilver papers after school. The relationship between Dwight and Jack id very tense. His mother does not realize this because everytime she calls, Jack states that he is "fine." We also see Dwight's drinking and smoking problem. This could be factors toward his bad attitude. At the end of the chapter, Jack's mother is on her way to visit. Since Dwight said he was going to "redo" house, that is exactly what they do. Paint everything white, even the piano. It seems that Dwight will do things at the last minute and do they sloppy. This contradicts what he tells Jack all the time "Don't be sloppy."

Citizenship in the home

Rosemary decides to start moving her stuff into Dwight's house and they start talking about marriage. I could already see that Toby was not very happy about this situation. Toby has already shown what he thinks about Dwight and his mom. He's not happy that his mom is deciding to marry someone who shows no gratitude towards her own son. I wonder if Toby will talk to his mom about her desision and help her realize that Dwight is not the one for her and that she could do so much better than she's giving herself credit for.

96-106 section

Dwight smokes a pack of Camel cigarettes per day. In this section Dwight keeps on getting crueler. He made Toby husk chestnuts until they were gone, take the $50-60 dollars that Toby makes, and if I had to guess I think that Dwight won't give the money back like he says he will. During the Boy Scouts part Toby makes it sound like he his a slave. I think that Toby might run away into the wilderness of Concrete  with his gun and scout uniform. 

Citizenship in the home

I feel that you learn a lot about both Dwight and Jack in this section of the book. All Dwight does is make Jack work and tell him about everything he does wrong. I think this,was really hurting him, but after hearing about how bad he is at everything he really has became numb to it. Jacks mom keeps saying that he doesn't have to do this, but jack is realizing that he does. He knows that there really is no choice, and his mom is really fooling herself. He really has found confort in the Boy Scouts. It helps him take his mind of what is going on. Something new I've found out about Jack is he likes math, and he dreams about doing something good. I feel that sending jack to Dwight's has really changed him.

Citizenship in the Home

Jack goes to live with Dwight for a little while because Jack's mom and Dwight are planning on getting married. Jack's mom wants to know what he thinks of Dwight so she has he go live with Dwight for a while. After a few days of being with Dwight, Dwight got some horse chestnuts off the tree in front of the house, and tells Jack to husk them. Jack does it and after a while Dwight has him to a paper route. Dwight also told him that he was joining the Boy Scouts. But Dwight said he would buy Jack a new uniform but turns out that Dwight gave Jack Skipper's old uniform and it didn't fit. Dwight lied to Jack about a lot of stuff.

Uncool

 The first section of the chapter titled, "Uncool", shows how the Tobias Wolff feared other people perception of his own self. Wolff and his two friends, Taylor and Silver, were raised without father figures which could be foreshadowing his past and maybe what he had to go through. In the book this boys life Toby becomes a reflection of a typical teen boy. Thinking he's all that and that he's cool when he's actually doing damage to people and things. Which is where the "uncool" factor came in.

A whole new deal

In this chapter, Jack finds out that he has to live with Dwight and he learns the real Dwight and how he really is. We learned that he isn't a good guy and that he's starting to act like a lot like Roy.

A whole new deal

Toby gets sent to live with Dwight which doesn't work out to good..I feel bad for Toby and that he has to go live with such a cruel man who doesn't care about what happens to him he just cares about winning over Toby's mom. He will say and do anything to keep her with him. I hope she realizes what she's getting herself into and I hope she can get herself out of it and move on to find someone who can treat her and her son well

A whole new deal

I think that Dwight and jacks mom are not going to end up staying together in a little bit. Jack is going to come back from Dwight's and tell his mom how terrible Dwight is as a person. I'm not sure if his mom will believe him or not but I really think either Dwight should stop hiding everything and just come out and be him self so that jacks mom knows what he's really like

A big deal

In the pages we had to read, we finally saw what the real Dwight and we saw what a bad person he was. I know I've said this but he really does sound like my moms ex and acts like him too. His behavior  baffles me how similar he is, instead of it being a whole NEW deal, it's like the same old, same old.

A whole knew deal

What happend in the knew part of the book called " whole knew deal," is jack went to live with dewight. In this few pages, we find out what dewight is really like. He is wicked callous,  mean, and really hard on jack.

Dwight

Toby is left alone with Dwight for the first time. Toby starts to really see who Dwight is and how he actually acts. Toby doesn't like Dwight anymore

A Whole New Deal

This part of the book starts with a hunting trip, and Dwight tell Jack to pick up the animal up and put it in the truck, because it was dead. I saw this as foreshadowing, something was going to happen that would change anything–A Whole New Deal. The animal was a beaver and Jack just didn't want to get into any more trouble.

A whole new deal

Dwight is a cruel man. I was surprised when he went out of his way to kill that beaver. When Dwight was speeding around the turns, I thought that he found it amusing that Toby was scared, because of the turns, the speed, the distance from the side of the cliff, and the way the car was fish tailing going around the turns. It seems to me that Dwight doesn't really care about his kids, just about Toby's Mom. 

A Whole New Deal

In this short "chapter" Toby finds out that he is going to go live with Dwight for a while in Concrete. He isn't thrilled about it and he soon then hates it. Toby had suspicions of Dwight being a complete jerk but after living with him he actually knows he is. I think Toby wants to tell his mom how horrible he is and how crapy he treats people but in the back of his head knows his mom won't listen. She thinks he is still perfect; disregarding the way he acted at the turkey shoot in the last part of the book.

A Whole New Deal

In these few pages we see a different side of Dwight. He is not the kind man that Mom sees. He is rude, mean and all around a guy no one would want to be around. I feel bad for Jack because he was almost forced to go live with Dwight and his family just so he mother could accept their marriage proposal. IN this chapter, Dwight mentions that Jack is a "performer" meaning he acts a different way around his mother than everyone else. I feel that this is irony because in a way, Dwight is also a performer in the way we first saw him a few chapters back. I am anxious to see how Jack's stay with Dwight goes.

A whole New Deal

Jake goes with Dwight to Concert. Jake ends up seeing the real Dwight. Dwight goes out of his way to hit a beaver. Then Jake has to wait outside. I think Jake will end up tell his mom that Dwight is a bad guy and that shouldn't be together.

a whole new deal

Jack moves in with dwight and then we see dwights feelings about jack.

A Whole New Deal

This section was the being of the time Toby goes to Dwight house. But Toby just starting to realize that Dwight has a drinking problem. He's also learning the Dwight isn't the nice person to be around basically making Toby his little slave. 

See Anything Wrong?

In my opinion, I hate Dwight. He is the most, fake person I have ever met. He lies to Jack, he tries to make Jack pick up a dead beaver that he purposely hit and he drives crazy on the way home after making Jack wait in the car for a bit. Anyone see anything wrong with that? Cause I sure do! Jacks name isn't even Jack, it's Toby.  He wants a new start, he wants to be a different person. Dwight isn't making Jack's attitude any better, he isn't helping Jack. He's just making his life a hell of a lot worse. Poor Jack, I hope he makes it through.

A whole new deal

In these few pages we see the dark side Dwight. And it  ales me feel bad for Toby. I feel like Toby just wants to fit in and be a normal kid. At forts he was kind of pumped to start new. He said he had non of his old friends to judge him and the the can start new as a student athlete. But that doesn't happen. We see Dwight hit a beaver for its fur. Dwight ask Toby to pick it up but he won't. When he doesn't pick it up Dwight starts to make fun of Toby. Telling him that he's scared of a little beaver.  Then Later on when Dwight makes Toby wait in the car for a "little" bit. On the way home Dwight starts to drive crazy. Toby tells him to slow down but he doesn't and just makes fun of Toby by calling him a hotshot and a liar. At the end of this chapter I really feel bad for Toby because Toby's wants to start new but Dwight's in the ways making fun of him and bringing down his self esteem. Witch makes me mad 

Dwight... Again

Dwight is not what he says, like we always thought. He treats Jack the way he really would, but when no one is there. So we see that Dwight is a two faced liar, who can't properly take caremof kids. I'm more concerned of whether Jack will survive chinook, more than the ride towards it. Im pretty sure that jack will regret going to chinook, because it will change his life for the bad, rather than the good.

A Whole New Deal

This section showed us how Dwight really is toward Jack without anyone else there.  He seems a lot more demanding than he did before and I think he was trying to intimidate Jack. You can see how he really is in this chapter and you can see why Jack doesn’t like him as much as he says.

Whole new deal

Jack is scared of what Dwight wants him to do because he doesn't really know what to do. Dwight also tried to make Jack pick up a dead beaver. Jack was worried that the beaver was still alive and it would bite him. Dwight was driving too fast that it made Jack feel sick to his stomach. Dwight was in a tavern and may have had a few drinks and was a bit drunk. Jack felt hopeless because Dwight wanted him to do what he asked or he would get in trouble. Jack wasn't clear on what Dwight wanted him to do, so he was confused and unsure about what to do.

A whole new deal

I think in this part of the book you really get a feel of what Dwight is really like. He's kind of crazy in my opinion. He swerved on purpose to hit the beaver, and after got extremely mad at jack for all the times he's made fun of him. I think this part is called "a whole new deal" because this is gonna be a big change for jack, and life is gonna get a lot harder for him.

Uncool

Ther are many things about this part of the book that makes things "uncool" for jack. His mom dating Dwight is a big problem because he knows Dwight isn't a nice kind person that he says he is. I think jack getting in trouble at school, and his moms friend talking about how bad jack is really pushed his mom to the breaking point. I feel the real uncool part is jacks mom sending him to live with Dwight.

Uncool

So far in this book, "Uncool" has been a popular subject. In many different ways. Jack's actions so far in the book have been uncool, egging people, and causing general mischief. We also learn that Mom's life as a child was very unbalanced and full of harrassment, which is why her parenting skills are so poor. However recently in the book, Jack and his mother go to Concrete to visit Dwight and his family. We learn that Dwight is "uncool" and all around rude as a vharacter because he lied to Jack. The turkey shoot did not involve a turkey, or even Jack being able to shoot at the paper targets. Instead, Mom shoots and wins the prize (which is a ham not a turkey.) This makes Dwight very angry and we get to see some of his true colors. Again I think Mom has made a bad man decision and Dwight is definatly someone we should look out for.  

So far

So far in the book we have met five guys who liked mom and all of them seem to be either a bad influence on jack or just using jack to get with his mother. When I first heard about Dwight I thought he would be different but it seemed over time he's just a bad guy and all he wants is to get dirty with jacks mom. Jack needs a real father figure who can teach him respect and honesty and those are two big things jack is lacking of. I think it's time for jacks mom to be real and really think out choices before she does them. 

Uncool

 In this chapter, jack has done a lot of things that were uncool. I think this chapter/section was called uncool because of the things that Jack has done. Jack has done: foul language on bathroom walls, smoking, vandalizing cars, and throwing eggs. 

Uncool Things

In this chapter of This Boys Life called uncool really lived up to its name. We found out about Toby's mom's past and why she can't decline him like other adults would to a child. This is "uncool" of Toby because now he is using his mother's weakness as a step above her and taking advantage of her. This is really mean and not right. No matter the situation a child shouldn't do that to the person raising them. The second thing that I found that was uncool was Dwight ans how he acted when Toby and his mom went to Concrete for Thanksgiving. He lied to Toby about the gun shoot and then acted like a baby when he lost it to Toby's mom. It also showed that when Dwight didn't have things his way he put everyone else around him in a bad mood. I personally don't like his character and this chapter shows just how uncool he really is.

Uncool

Toby knows that he can lie to his mothers face and get away with it. In the end of this chapter he takes advantage of it, and gets out of a suspension, and all sorts of other trouble. I think that the chapter title is called "Uncool" because  of the vandalism and underage acts that Toby commits, such as: the foul language on the bathroom wall, smoking, vandalizing cars, and throwing eggs

Uncool

Dwight has proven himself to be an 'uncool' guy. Dwight fails admit that anything could be his fault. Like at the turkey shoot, he didn't know how the rifle fit together but he said the set up "is the most stupidly constructed firearm I have ever seen"(Wolff 72). He has tried to make Concrete sound very nice, when it is not; the town doesn't even have a grade school. He to happy and seem to good t be true which means he is to good to be true. I think this chapter is called Uncool mainly because of Dwight and there trip to visit him and his family for thanksgiving. When we start to see him break his always happy and a good person act and few times.

Dwight

It seems like the "man figure" in the family doesn't seem like a very good influence for Toby. He lies, he thinks highly of himself, and I'm just guessing but I think he would the type to beat kids and women. I do not trust him right now. The turkey shoot was all a set up for Toby and mom to go to his home. 

Dwight

In this chapter, jack was told that if he went with mom and Dwight that he could bring his gun with him and  he could enter the turkey shoot and when they got to the turkey shoot, Dwight told Jack that he wasn't allowed be in the shoot because it was for adults only and he didn't tell him that it wasn't a real turkey. I thought that it wasn't fair how Dwight got jacks hopes up by saying if he came that he could enter the turkey shoot and then tells him that he couldn't enter

Turkey shoot

In this boys life, Toby's mother had fallen for another bad guy, he tricked Toby into bring his gun to the  turkey shoot so Dwight could use it him self' as soon as Dwight took his shot the claimed the gun was broken. He had no experience with guns you could tell because he could shoot good and he couldn't  figure out how to put the gun togeather and it was the most simple gun to put togeather as there was.

Dwight

In this chapter Dwight is trying to make concrete seem like an appealing place to live when in reality it's probably worse then where they lived before. Dwight's attitude also changes and Toby starts to see a side of him he's never seem before and sees that he's kinda putting on an act for his mom.

Terrible guy

I feel like Dwight is just digging him self Into a hole. He just keeps lying to jack and his mom about everything. Lie,t he school, the location, the turkey shoot, and he's only trying to get them to move in with him because he thinks jacks mom looks good. He is a terrible guy and it is starting to show in the book.

Dwight is just a liar. He promises things he can't give, like jack and the turkey shoot. Then he blames his stupidity on other things. Like when he was shooting the rifle and blaming the bore when he just sucks. Then his moms came and won the turkey shoot, leaving Dwight embarrassed. Dwight had a different side, yet jack can't really see that.

Turkey shoot

Delight lied to jack by bribing him that he could shoot in the trucky shoot. His mother felt bad, so she decided to enter the contest. She enter, and ended up winning the hole thing. Delight was embarrest and mad that he lost. He palmed it on the gun, but jacks mother used the same gun, and won.

In this chapter we see a different side of Dwight. He's not really the nice and kind guy that he's pretending to be. He got really mad when jacks mom did better then him at the turkey shoot. His kids also don't really seem to love living in concrete.

The dark side

As this Wes we see Dewhites dark side, a some what evil side. We  price that when every Toby and his mom do the slightest thing, he flips out. It makes me wonder of Dewhite was lacking something growing up. Like how Toby's moms dad didn't let her see boys. So Toby's mom picks bad guys. So I wonder if the reason why Dewhite a selfie guy, is because he was lacking something growing up. Like a mom, dad ? Oh maybe he's just nuts. Just guess well have to find out

Dwight and a reminder

In the reading we've done in the past couple of days we've seen a change in Dwight's behavior, and to me it seems shockingly familiar to an ex my mom used to have. Around her he was this sweet charming man that took care of all her needs, but when she wasn't he was this complete jerk that didn't give a (you know what) about anything. Dwight seems like he's falling into that category type like this con of a person. I think we are about to see a dramatic change in his personality and Jack is going to fight back against.

Post 3/7

We knew that Toby and Dwight don't like each other very much, and when Dwight said that Toby couldn't shoot in the turkey shoot, the hatred between the two grew. I also thought that when the two families were playing Monopoly, Pearl was winning and gloating over it, only to get Mom's attention. 

Dwight

I feel like Dwight is a really rude person and in the begning you thought he was nice but then tord the end he starts to be mean by promising a turkey shoot. No not letting him do it

Dwight

In this boys life Dwight seemed like a good guy at first but then he showed his true self. He promised jack a turkey shoot and he didn't get to do it but his mom did. They ended up winning a ham and Dwight was mad because when he shot the gun he barely hit the target but rosemary did and he went to his room after they all went home.

Dwight

We finally start to see who Dwight really is. He's not this nice guy who's optimistic about everything. Once he's around his family we start to see how he actually acts and how he treats them. He gets mad at scout in the car when he said the schools 40 miles away. Dwight also blames other things when things don't go his way. He's also a very sore loser. When he lost in the turkey shoot he didn't say anything on the way home or we can assume that he didn't. He went straight to his room when they got home and Norma had to make him get out of his room and apologize.

Turkey Shoot

For this chapter, we read about Jack and his mother going to Concrete to visit Dwight's family. I noticed that in this chapter we see some of Dwight's real personality. At times he is mean and cruel to his children, Pearl, Norma and Skipper. At one point he yelled at Skipper for telling the truth about concrete, that it wasnt as glamerous as Dwight had made it sound before going there. Besides lying about Concrete, Dwight also lied to Jack about the "Turkey Shoot" there was not turkey and you had to be an adult to shoot. Dwight to me is a character to look out for. We will see later in the book if Mom and Jack move in with them and if they do, how he will treat them. 

Thanksgiving at Dwight

They went up to Dwight's house for thanksgiving. When they get there Jack and his mom met Dwight's kid's. Pearl, Norma, and Skipper, pearl clings to jacks mom. Dwight brings jack, his mom, and pearl to the turkey. When they get there he tells Jack hat he is not able to shoot. So his mom  ends up shotting and wins the ham.

Thanks Giving.

In this chapter we learned more about all of the chacters in this book. But towards the end we got to learn more about Toby's real farther. Such as he didn't want his family to starve so he sent them to turkey farmers in Connecticut to live while he works in Peru to make money for his family. We also learned that Toby's mother is a awesome shot. Also we learned about Dwight that he's a big bull s!&@ter. Excuse my French but I reckon that's on the money.

Common Ground

In this weeks reading we finally see a little bit of the real Dwight and Pearl thinks it's funny. What I wonder though is if the two older kids will start talking to Toby more about how Dwight really treats them and how he puts on an act when Roemary is around. They could possibly fine som common ground between each other. If this happened then it could possibly help Toby show his mom that Dwight isn't all that nice.

Thanksgiving- Dwight's house

Jack and his mom were invited to go to  Dwight's for Thanksgiving in Concrete.  Dwight  introduced Jack and his mom to his children. Jack meets Dwight's children  and one of them looks at him weirdly. The littlest child,Pearl goes over to Jack's mother and hugs her because she doesn't have a mother figure in the household. Dwight said that he was gonna adopt all the children and Jacks mother agreed to it..Dwight isn't very nice to his own children and Jack's mother doesn't understand that.