The Jacket The author named Gary Soto in the beginning of this article titled The Jacket explains about a green jacket and how it has failed him at first I wasn’t very sure about what he was talking about how it has failed him what does he mean by that. Then he tells his mother he would like a new jacket like the bikers wear leather and studded the next day he returns home from school and realized he had a new jacket on his bed and it was nothing like he described to his mother the day before the author described the jacket color as “ day old guacamole” he was so upset he wanted to cry because he absolutely hated that jacket he refers to his jacket as his “enemy”. He goes downstairs and tells his mom thank you as he goes outside he goes to play with his dog he torments his dog Brownie by hitting him with the sleeves of his jacket and Brownie jumps trying to bite them and missing several times and finally he catches the new jacket on the sleeve. …show more content…
The authors purpose here is to entertain us more than to inform or persuade us to buy certain colored jackets he is trying to entertain us with how he hates this jacket so much but as the story goes on and that new jacket become all ripped and trashed like his old