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How would you feel if you were named The Tao, a book and a religion? According to Whale Talk, this is where T.J. got his name. The way his childhood played out had an exponential impact on his life today. Over the course of 298 pages T.J. has gone from a hotheaded kid that hates jocks to someone who looks out for others who can’t look out for themselves and he has also become a more level headed person. On page one and two of the book Whale Talk it states that T.J. is black, Japanese, and white. He is an all around athletic kid that loves sports. On page seven T.J describes himself as about 6’2, a little under 200 pounds, and he can dunk a basketball from a stand still. T.J.’s physical appearance plays a big role throughout the book. Especially …show more content…

Jones goes through many significant events and meets many people that help shaped him. One major event that helped shape him was at the end of the book when Rich shot his dad and his dad died. As it says on page 288, his dad’s last request and last words were that T.J. didn’t spend one minute seeking revenge. HIs dad makes him promise that he won’t. We know that T.J. had kept that promise because on page 296 T.J. says “Maybe I heard him differently than i’d heard him before.” He was referring to what his dad said and what his dad made him promise. You can tell from this that this event has changed him, We can assume that if this would have happened to T.J. toward the beginning of the book he would have been going after Rich the second he got the chance. Another big event that affected him was when he threw himself over a deer and Rich shot it. You can tell the event had a big impact on him because on page 50 before Rich shot the baby, T.J. saw the baby deer standing over it’s dead mother and he could feel the weight in it’s chest in his own. Then Rich shows up and T.J. tries to protect the deer and Rich kills it and then they beat T.J. up. This event sparked a hatred in T.J. and this shows when he is talking to Simet after this event. On page 52, T.J. tells Simet “That spoiled rich asshole isn’t starving... “. This is just one example of T.J. showing his hatred for Rich. This event was just the beginning of the long rivalry lasts from then until Rich ends up in jail for trying to kill Heidi and actually killing T.J.’s

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