Coping Strategies And Personal Issues In Free Lunch By Rex Ogle

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“Some of my friends get yelled at when they break stuff at their house. In my apartment, there is nothing to break.” (Ogle 17) In Free Lunch by Rex Ogle, a very common theme is dealing with hardship and constant setbacks resulting in characters' coping strategies and personal issues come into play. Rex’s Mom reveals her worst character when put face to face with adversity. However, Rex is able to reveal an empathetic side of him, and is able to treat people how he would like to be treated. Abuela is a character that shows love and care when seeing people go through adversity, she always is trying to light up a dark room wherever she goes. In Free Lunch written by Rex Ogle, characters are faced with adverse, prevailing conditions. Many of the