I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
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8/7/13
Jazz's Sanity
Within the first 150 pages of the novel, Jazz begins to determine who he is. All of his interactions with his father's past make him question who he is today. Jazz always seems to wonder whether or not he will become the next infamous serial killer like his father, or remain mentally stable. Jazz begins to break down when he starts to believe that he killed his own mother when he was younger. The author writes "What if it was my mother? What if that was her voice, and he made me cut my own mother? Made me kill-" (pg. 139). This shows the impact that Jazz's father had on him, leaving Jazz to question who he is, and what he did in the past. Though Jazz has support from Howie and Connie, the rest of his peers, including G. William are unsure of who he will become in the future.
1 comment:
I agree with this. Many factors contribute to who he is, but none more than his father. That is what makes him not know who he is. There is a lot of pressure being the son of the most notorious serial killer around to not become like his dad and that is exactly what Jazz faces throughout.
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