Throughout the book Ian faced many problems, such as the fact that he needed 40 hours of community service to pass his class, which if he didn't pass he wouldn't receive his BMW. This however wasn't Ian's main problem it didn't result until the end of the book when he went to interview the bum named sarge for extra marks. During this interview he found out that sarges name was really Jack or Jacques. He also found out that Jack was a Sargent in the Canadian forces, he served in many countries but his main one was Rwanda. He wore the blue Barret which means he was only there to help he wasn't actually fighting, they weren't armed soldiers. When Jack mentioned Rwanda Ian had absolutely what happened there over the 8 years, this upset Jack which made him leave. This whole situation is what set up the end of the book, Ian looked up 'Rwanda' and learned more about it so he was able to talk to Jack and learned that Jack actually had a wife, a life, and because of what happened in Rwanda he felt he wasn't able to go home. Ian was able to talk to Jack and get him help, such as alcoholics anonymous and better shelter. In the end Ian received his car for his birthday, and he is now going to use it to continue coming to The Club and serve food, even after he passed his civics class.
If you had passed the civics class and received your car would you still continue to help at the soup kitchen, even though your time there is done?
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I think I would. Knowing that I was helping someone else would probably push me to do it more. I think Ian learnt that it is not about the hours but about how good it makes him feel. I think I'd feel the same.
ReplyDeleteI think i would because you already have helped them for a while and your just going to leave them, but you do it out of the goodness of your own heart, so he might feel that he needs to help!
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