Shane Bosworth’s Reviews > The Jacket > Status Update

An important part of the book was when we figured out that the narrator's family was poor. He didn't get the jacket he asked his mom for but a hideous one. When it was ripped he still kept it. "she said that there were children in Mexico who would love that jacket. This proves that his mother couldn't afford to buy a new one. Someone who could afford a new jacket would buy one. Especially when a jacket is ripped.