hole in my life pg 20-54

In pages 20 through 54 Jack begins to focus more on his writing and his future. He talks about how his high school used to be prison. One day criminals that are serving life in prison come and visit his high school to talk about the choices they made and how kids should not make the same choices. One by one the inmates discuss their crime and how they wish they could take what they did back. Jack thinks to himself that he will never be a criminal and he will never go to jail. Later on Jack is at a friends house and his friend invites him to a "weed party" later on that night Jack goes their and stays for a while and does some weed. As he leaves the house he has this paranoia that the cops are going to arrest him. He also applies to college and he gets accepted to Florida State University. He visits the college and he soon realizes that the college is not for him and it is much like high school. He talked to his dad and decided that he wouldn't attend college and instead he would help with his dads company. He could preform odd jobs to help his dad out. Jack planned to leave and help his dad in a few weeks in the mean time he would get ready for his move. While Jack waits his friend Tom Scanlon calls and asks to stay for a few days but then he would be leaving. Tom persuades Jack into smoking weed. All they do when Tom is there is smoke weed and talk about books. Tom shows Jack that books about science are interesting too. Jack has sort of a revelation and takes great interest about these new genres. Tom persuades Jack to go to college again and how to make some quick money. Jack and Tom drive up to Tallahassee so that Tom can get some drugs so that they can sell. Jack thinks Tom has ripped him off so he leaves back home.

In these chapters Jack is starting to think more about becoming a writer. He applies for college but then he later decides he doesn't want to. My reflection on this is that Jack never pulls through with a plan he has. He says he wants to be a writer but he is not taking the full action on doing so. He is surrounding himself with the wrong people. His friend that first introduces him with weed was his first mistake and then he meets Tom who gets him to start smoking weed. Also he thinks becoming a writer is just going to happen. He needs to be on the right path and take the steps or precedures to become a writer. Jack needs to quit getting himself in certian situations and needs to quit slacking off.