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Jack was born in the year of 1991
he grew up for a while and learn to walk and talk
Jack had a brother a year older than himself
he looked up to him and loved him greatly
Jack was always a bright and happy child
when he first went to school he excelled
both with studies and with friends
Jack also had two other brothers
one was a few years older
the other a few years younger
The Dannonhofers had a great family
Bob was expecially proud and happy of Jack
he was able to connect easier with Jack than any of his other children
and besides that Jack took after his father as none of the other children did
as Jack went to school his older brother couldn't help but notice
notice that Jack was more popular among his classmates than he was,
in that grew jeolosy
Jacks older brother started to dislike him
he made fun of Jack
he told him that no one was really his friend
they just liked him because of his house
he told Jack that he would never have any friends because everyone thought he was dumb and stupid
Jack took this to heart because it was what his older brother said and he looked up to him with a great deal of adulation
Jack kept trying to make real friends but he never knew because of his brothers constant barrage of talk that brought insecurities into Jack
Both Jacks older brother and his younger brother resembled his mom more than his dad, as he did
so they both picked on him
finally he got sick of it
and though he was able to
shake off caring about their teasing
he couldn't shake off his insecurities
insecurities which told him that he was worthless and that he would never have any friends and that people only liked him because of his things
now he realized that these were falshoods but he could still
not shake the core of it away
and so he wanted to ry and make others feel welcome
so that thew would not end up like him
in that they would feel like outsiders to people
as he did
and so he did
Jack sought and found people that were outsiders as he was
and he made them feel welcome and good about themselves again
not by supporting some sort of support group
but by just conversing with them and hanging out with them
he also hung out with people that he liked
besides the people that he liked that were in need
Jacks other brothers kept picking on him for a long time
he tried to counterbalance this for his younger sister
he treated her as well as his patience would allow for
so that she would never have to feel the way Jack did
Jack never was really mean to anyone
there were occasions where he would be mean
but mostly to people who deserved it
he was a very caring and compassionate human
you who knew him most assuradly knew this
but he was also full of constant pain
pain that no one cared for him
pain that he had no one to really call friend
pain that his brothers disliked him for no reason
pain that buried itself inside of him
pain that had constant affect over his life
he battled with it every day, searching for some way to make it better
trying to make sure that no one else had to have that pain
he had a few dreams
he wanted to have a succesful life as a high school physics teacher
more than likely to help kids with more than just learning physics
most likely to also help them in their daily lives
when Jack met Andrea
at first he thought nothing of her
as she was his older brother's girlfriend
but the more he got to know her the more he realized that she to had a painful life
it was a pain that rivaled his
and in that knowlegde grew a deep caring for her
he wanted to try and free her from her pain
in the process it would seem that he fell in love with her
and she sensing his pain as well
slowly fell for him
they never did anything about it
she could never betray her first love in such a way
Jack also knew that it could never be
(though they never exchanged any conversation about it they both knew)
and for that Jack was saddened
but he still wanted to help ease her pain
he did so with laughter and games
not only with her but with a few others as well
for Jacks brothers finally stopped picking on him
even though his older brother was gone for the summer
his younger brother stayed and they grew close
Jack also met another person
one with pain as well
in that person Jack found a friend
a true friend
and throughout the summer everyone bonded
closer and closer
it was a very tight group of friends
Jack talked of death a very good amount that summer
he would always say "if i die, dont touch my stuff, it's booby trapped"
and although he would say this with a glimmer of mirth and teasing in his eyes and voice
his friends would tell him to stop talking like that
he didn't
in fact the last time he saw his friend
who had shared most of the summer with him
he asked him "What would you do if i died?"
and his friend thinking he couldn't be serious answered
"I don't know, i would most likely cry but then again i might not, but i most likely would."
Jack thought that because of his friends response
his friend probably wasn't a true friend after all
there had also been a good amount of contraversy between the friends
and because of that Jack thought that they weren't really his friends at all
as Jack and his younger brother were floating the river on one Sunday
they stopped at a place Jacks friend showed them
Jack wanted to float down as his friend had shown him in just his lifevest
so he got in and started floating after his brother had passed him
only he got stuck on something underwater
Jack tried to get unstuck but it made it worse
and his lifevest was pulled off
dragging Jack under
Jack tried with all his strength to get back up
but he couldn't and drowned
his brother came back
wondering where he was
then when he saw Jacks bathing suit under the water he screamed and
tried to get to Jack
it was no use
Jack drowned in the year of 2006

this was a story of his life.