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Reflection On Real Life By Jason Robertson

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We always read a book and see the unrealistically happy or an outrageously joyful ending. We also wish we were more like the people in the book. It always seems that others live more fulfilling and fun lives than we do. I believe we can learn from how other people lived their lives to improve our own. Today I will present to you what I learned from Jason Robertson and what we can put into use in real life what this book wants to teach us. In the beginning, we hear about how his dad started as a horrible father. He drank too much and often got into fights. They owned a bar until his dad beat up a couple who did not pay rent on time. After his dad struggled to quit drinking, they left him for a while. Then he came back to the crying for forgiveness. …show more content…

My favorite part is hearing about his first duck hunt. He started shooting at the decoys thinking that they were real ducks. Even better is the fact that his father thought he was just a poor shot. This makes me think that not everything is how it seems. If you just go blindly making decisions, you will hardly ever choose the right one. We all struggle with temptation and Jase is no different. Seeing his father drink made him steer clear from alcohol for a long time. Of course, he still had friends who tempted him with misuse of controlled substances. Once he went camping with his friends when one came out with a marijuana joint. He did not know what to do until a church group campout came through the woods and the others buried the joint. When the group left, he told them he would not do any drugs and he was never invited again. Sometimes a situation seems hopeless but there always is a way to get out of it. The family needed money so Jase and his dad started catching fish for a commercial fishing company. The work was hard and they were not paid much but it was enough to stay alive. Jase loved the work and thought it was great to get to spend time with his changed dad. I think we need to love the work we do or else the job we have is

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