The Possible Biggest Impact

"The last time I saw Terence was the night out in Brandon." (pg.94) This is the section that hit a little hard. We learn that Jordin's brother committed suicide after a night out of drinking. He left Jordin a note with a few words that seem to stick with Jordin throughout the book and really make him the man he wants to become. Could you even possibly imagine that, the last night you get to spend with your brother is one you can barely remember because you were so plastered. The thing I take away from this event is not that "suicide is selfish" because I do not believe that that is what should be taken away from this. I think what really needs to be taken away from Jordin sharing this part of his life with us, is that yes, it did affect him but he did not let it destroy him. Jordin took away from this tragedy that his brother wanted him to be better, not to fail but to succeed. Pervious to this chapter, was an inference into Jordin and his families home life, so booze, lots of drinking, and more booze. Jordin fights his dad and establishes some standing. Like hey I may be your kid but you cannot treat me like shit cause you are unhappy. Even though the two chapters timelines do not seem to coincide with each other i think these have the biggest impact on each other. It shows Jordin's issue with booze and the foreshadowing of a downhill spiral. Suicide, going back to that, is not something to be taken lightly because it lets battles out that one possibly never thought existed, and i think that knowing out his brother had so many inner demons, Jordi wanted to push past and be a better man, for himself and to make his brother proud.