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Paragraph Analysis: The Jacket By Gary Soto

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In the story The Jacket by Gary Soto, the jacket has a negative affect on his life because everybody laughed at him and tried to do it behind his back. On paragraph 6 page 31 the author writes, “I saw there heads bob with laughter, their hands half covering their mouths.” This quote supports the claim because they thought that his jacket was so ugly that they tried to hide their laughter from him. Another piece of evidence is on paragraph 7 page 31 the author writes, “Although they didn’t say out loud ‘Man, that's ugly,’ I heard the buzz-buzz of gossip and even laughter that I knew it was meant for me.” This quote supports the claim because instead of telling him that your coat is ugly or stupid they laughed and gossiped behind his back. In
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