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"And so I went, in my guacamole jacket."

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This hyperbole demonstrates his thoughts on the jacket and how he didn't like it.

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"...bits of stuffing coughed out from its wound..."

With this term we can infer that the jacket was ripped, severely enough that stuffing began to come out.

"I saw their heads bob with laughter, their hands half-covering their mouths"

This descriptive language creates a vivid picture in our mind of how they looked as they laughed.

"The faces of clouds were piled up..."

This description helps us understand the type of environment Gary was in during this section of the passage.

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"We were in the kitchen, steam on the windows from her cooking."

These details appeal to the sense of sight, making us imagine the steamy windows from her cooking perhaps even smell since his mom was cooking filling up their home.

"I heard the buzz-buzz of gossip and even laughter that I knew was meant for me."

These details appeal to the sense of sound by telling us he heard the buzz of gossip enhancing the scene.

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"Frankie T., the playground terrorist"

This metaphor is comparing Frankie T to a terrorist without using "like" or "as".

"...a jacket the color of day-old guacamole"

This metaphor creates a vivid image of the jacket's color.

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"...teeth chattered up like a cup of crooked dice"

An expression of feeling extremely cold.

"...bitter as a penny"

An unpleasant and grudged feeling towards something/one

"...tape peeled off like a scab..."

The tape peeled off easily

"flapped the jacket like a bird's wings"

" ... forearms stuck out like the necks of turtles"

This simile demonstrates the jacket's ill fit.

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"...thin as a young tree"

Gary was still a small kid, being compared to a thin young tree.

"Enough belts to hold down a small town"

The belts represent a deeper idea beyond its literal sense.

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Why must Gary wear the coat for so many years? What other details in the story support your claims?

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Why must Gary wear the coat for so many years? What other details in the story support your claims?

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Gary had to wear the coat for so many years because his mom wouldn't spend much on his new clothes. He also had to wear it so throughout the years, he could grow into the jacket.

"I blame my mother for her bad taste and her cheap ways"

"I took off my old jacket whose sleeves climbed halfway to my elbow"

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Gary blames several things on the jacket. Name at least three.

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Gary blames several things on the jacket. Name at least three.

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Gary blamed the jacket for those 3 miserable school years he had to put up with

He got bad grades

Girls wouldn't approach him

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Is the jacket really responsible? Explain.

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Is the jacket really responsible? Explain.

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Why do you think the jacket had such a negative impact on Gary?

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Why do you think the jacket had such a negative impact on Gary?

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I believe that the reason to the jacket becoming a negative impact on Gary was because it was different. The jacket was not the same or as good as everyone else's, so he was looked down on and did not fit in.

"Even the girls who had been friendly blew away like loose flowers to follow the boys in neat jackets".

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What are the complex feelings Gary has toward the jacket?

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What are the complex feelings Gary has toward the jacket?

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Gary states that he finds the jacket "ugly" and feels humiliated when he wears it to school. This leads to him feeling awkwardness and shame.