Essay | Jack

Jack is a novel written by A.M. Homes about a boy named Jack and a few years of his life. Throughout the novel Jack has trouble adjusting to his dad being gay. We can see this through his relationship with his dad, his dad's boyfriends Bob, and Maggie, Jack's friend.

Jack's relationship with Bob is affected by the fact that can't adjust to his dad being gay."The way Bob was patting me on the back looking down at me like I was an idiot made the whole thing with my father real."(pg. 78) Jack would assume things about Bob so he didn't have to get to know the real Bob. Jack does his best to not get to know Bob so then he can't see the good qualities in him."I was standing there trying to hate him, like he...
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