Mistakes In Jack Gantos Hole In My Life

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The mistakes you face always have consequences, mistakes are the ones that make you who you are. “It’s not what you did that’s wrong, its what becomes of the consequences”.- Oscar Wilde

Everyone makes mistakes, people learn from them and grow because of it. Mistakes are all around us and everyone can mess up.

Jack Gantos has to deal with the consequences of his actions and work at developing his future.

In Jack gantos nover of Hole In My Life, He develops pride and wants to strive for greatness, by working hard and paying for college.

Jack had a plan to do great, go to college and become a writer but he made some bad decisions and now has to pay for them. “I was twenty-one years old and had been locked for a year already- the bleakest year
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Now to own up to his mistakes in order to move forward.

Everyone makes mistakes or bad decision along the way, but how you deal with them defines you as a person.

Jack Gantos does good things in prison and seems to deal with the consequences of his actions.

He does his part in prison by working as a X-ray Tech and helping out while he does his time.

“Would you like a job as a X-ray tech?” he asked. “You could live up here and be part of the hospital staff”. “That would suit me just fine,” I said.(Gantos#163)

He did his time in prison, But also helped out in prison hospital doing something good for others.

Jack knows his limits he knows what he did was wrong, He also helps other people. I believe that if you do a crime, you should do time in jail. You should be punished for something you do

Every bad decision or a life or death crime that you make should have consequences.

“My mind wandered toward escape plans. I imagined the usual plots, helicopter rescue, a tunnel, paperwork snafu and mistake release. Then I stumbled across a plan, Draft dodgers who spend time hiding in canada. I could