I feel like throughout this story, Jack is being influenced by his friends and turning into an irresponsible child. Life should always be something exciting and cherished but should not be carried out without the consideration of reality. Instead of being a mature adult and paying attention to his money, he follows the path of his friends and spends every last dime. "I had no money; I sent my mother an airmail letter asking her for fifty dollars and said it would b the last money I'd ask..." Instead of taking responsibility for his own actions, he runs to his mother for help. This shows the endurance of a child rather then a man.
Jack also ignores the existence of reality and gets drunk with his friends, running a muck and consumed with immaturity. "all in darkness now as we fumed and screamed in our mountain nook, mad drunken Americans in the mighty land."
Didn't he come all of this way to reach a purpose; to find something out of life? I feel like he only traveled so far to loose his mind amongst the insane. I believe that at the end of the book, instead of making something of himself, he will just diminish to a simple minded lush who somehow managed to loose his goal along the way.
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