![]() ![]() “Sal crouched down on the ground in front of me, “You know, son, you and I have been through a lot of the same things- living in people’s houses, often hungry, never having more than rags to wear, and being made fun of more than most. One day, Sal told Jennings a very important meaning that an old man had said to him when he was younger. ![]() They were able to connect to each other because they were both so used to moving around, Sal was an orphan his whole life. After a month or two they had become very close friends. Sal was the old city bus driver that drove Jennings to school. When Jennings first started thinking about if it was worth loving people he asked his friend, Sal. Staying in different homes, moving around, and staying at orphanages most of his life taught Jennings some very good lessons. Living with 4 brothers, a mom with a mental illness and a brother sick living in the hospital, Jennings coped with an empty stomach, ripped clothes, and many experiences with good byes. After a while, Jennings started to ask himself, is it even worth loving someone in the first place, when I know how much it will hurt when they leave my life? In the book, They Cage the Animals at Night, by Jennings Michael Burch has to recover from the pain of saying good bye, numerous times. ![]() Meet someone you really love, become really close to them, and lose them. His whole childhood, Jennings Burch followed the same pattern. Theme: Sometimes people let the fear of losing someone keeps them from ever loving someone. ![]()
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