... . He does this by abusing his wife and drinking. Another way he escapes existence is how he tried to chop down the tree that his daughter Grace killed herself on. He tries to keep the concept of "flight", and tries to escape the truth of his daughter's death. Jake cares for no one because he is a sub man. He becomes violent and easily tempered ... be her journal. Grace uses her journal as the absolute. It is her form of reality. She feels dependant with her book because it allows her to escape from reality, which is her father's abusive acts and chaotic temper, and the poverty she curren...

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• Grade Level: High School