Citizenship

In this chapter a lot happened with Toby and his mom moving into Dwight's house. Toby is very upset with this so he paints the inside white. Dwight is not being very nice during the moving prosses. For example when Dwight wouldn't buy shows for Toby so he could play basketball. I think he should of because he should want to be sort of
like a father.

Dwight is not a good citizen

I feel that there is no good citizenship in the living situation Jack is in. When jack gets into the fight with Arthur, Dwight was actually proud of him. He was teaching Jack that fighting is good for him. Everyone thinks that Dwight is this good person in the community when he really is teaching Jack from wrong.

Footstep Follower

I noticed that Toby seems to follow in people's footsteps a lot and now that Skipper has started reaching out to him in some way he inspired and loves cars now. Toby always follows someone else's dreams and always let down in the end and Skipper is just another example.

What Now?

I really didnt understand why Toby was talking to his birth father now after everything that has happened in the past. Also Dwight is showing more and more of his true colors and a care taker of Toby and Toby's mother. Also I was really surprised when Skipper and his friend got hit with a bad sand storm, I thought something worse was going to happen like they would get into a car crash. This section didnt turn out how I thought it would, so it was interesting to read.

A lot in a little

In these few sections, I feel like a ton of events occured. Did 5 months go by? For starters, I noticed that Dwight has now been slightly more accepting of Toby since he was acting malicious. Really Dwight, we're encouraging bullying? Somehow I'm not surprised. Relating to citizenship, this bullying incident has made Dwight recognize Toby more as a citizen rather than another person to deal with. Although it seems like Toby and Dwight are bonding, the future events don't seem to reflect that. Especially the horrifying fact that toby has thoughts of killing Dwight?! There is many complications clearly seen in this "family," but why aren't they being solved. My question is what will it take for Toby and his mom to actually leave Dwight, we know they both don't like him. I'm interested in finding out what happens next. 

Is There Really Any Citizenship?

Yes, there is citizenship in Dwight's home. But is it really a good type of citizenship? And if it's not good does it really count? It is a learning experience. On page 113 Jack starts to fabricate his fight with Arthur to Dwight because he sees how interested Dwight is in his story. Jack finally realizes what makes Dwight's happy tick work and he will use it to his advantage; but what good is a relationship if it's only good off of lies. He only tells Dwight what he wants to hear, and that's that. That's not good citizenship on either end. Even more with Dwight acting more like a kid than a respectable, fatherly figure. Earlier in the book the women were complaining how Jack needs a father-figure in his life, now he has one. What's it doing for him, honestly? Another example of poor citizenship of Dwight is on page 121 where he makes attempts at attacking Jack's father.


I think this is the song that is mentioned that Skipper repeatedly play: "The Everglades" Kingston Trio

This shows citizenship in Skipper's new home, and hopefully he is a better role model and respectable authority figure in his own home than Dwight is/was.

Citizenship in Dwight's home

In the small town of Concrete Jack fought a "sissy" and lost so Jack sought advice as to how to fight correctly while at the same time Dwight is forcefully teaching Jack how to fight. Dwight is also known well in the community and because of his "perfect" personality everyone will see that he has citizenship in the house and in the community