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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?...
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?...
...bohunk” stiff. She ran back inside to fetch a forgotton item, like any dutiful daughter would do, and everyone has disappeared. She stands on the steps alone for a moment, forgotten yet again. But a car passes by and into view comes swaggering, confident Jake Ryan who is there...
...movie up this point is real; her humiliation is easily related to. Movie magic does not save her from the same pathetic scrapes we all could imagine for ourselves that dominate her life before Jake gets a clue. He didn’t even know she was alive and now he is waiting by his car ready to whisk her away...
...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...