Word: jakes
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...year-old would do with too much time on his hands. Fifty percent of the kids we deal with as educators are in his position, so Hank’s difficulties are commonplace, and there’s no one at fault. The second novel is called Jake , and it changes focus from Hank, a boy with relatively superficial problems, to Jake, who has a whole community surrounding him. And that’s the only thing that gives him a chance to survive real tragedies. The third novel, Stephie—you might say that it?...
...heed, allowing him to roam free. He quits his Little League team and spends his days riding along the paths of the Gunpowder River. Hank finds himself in situations which are exciting and eminently believable, from baseball games to paintball wars and illicit houseparties. He plays with his stepsiblings Jake and Stephie, and later joins some older men in a paintballing expedition that goes suddenly and frighteningly wrong. Throughout it all, he is forced to deal with the complications and hypocrisies of life with only the perspective of his limited years to guide him. Trouble has no need to come...
...example, homosexuality in Hank is neither sensationalized nor condemned; it is used to impart a message of tolerance. The first lesson is as subtle as a sledgehammer: Hank’s stepmother (whom he amusingly dubs Miss-Perfect-Lady Karen) berates Hank and Jake for casually slinging the word “fag” as an insult. Quivering with righteous indignation, she launches into a stern lecture that lacks impact for all its sincerity. The true lesson comes later when Hank befriends a homosexual couple and experiences the full vitriol of society’s hate and prejudice...
Removed from the immediacy of how impossibly elusive Jake and Sam’s magical first kiss is, the movie is lovable again, not for the same reasons it was lovable in the first time. Now we are older, arguably wiser, and certainly ecstatic to not have to deal with the daily indignities of teenage life. While we may be looking for love, we’re more secure with where we are in our love lives and we are not expecting our perfect match to arrive as neatly wrapped as Jake Ryan.We can see more clearly Jake?...
...without seeing Sixteen Candles as a template for anybody’s life, we can appreciate it for what it is. It’s just a feel-good movie with hottie Jake Ryan, and that’s enough...