Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby)--and now she's dead.
Jared can't count on his mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. He can't rely on his dad to pay the bills and support his new wife and step-daughter. Jared is only sixteen but feels like he is the one who must stabilize his family's life, even look out for his elderly neighbours. But he struggles to keep everything afloat...and sometimes he blacks out. And he puzzles over why his maternal grandmother has never liked him, why she says he's the son of a trickster, that he isn't human. Mind you, ravens speak to him--even when he's not stoned.
I would say economical concerns but i am no expert.
Answer:
1. X is an apple is necessary condition for X has a sour taste. If X is an apple, then it should have a sour taste.
2. X is being smaller than 100 is a sufficient condition for X is being smaller than 21. If X < 21, then X <100
3. X is gambling in a legal casino is both a necessary and sufficient condition for X is 18 years old or above. It is a must for X to gamble when X is 18 years old. If X is not gambling, X is not 18 years old.
4. Aurora is a parent is a necessary condition for Aurora has a daughter-in-law. If Aurora is a parent, so that she can have a daughter-in-law.
5. Philip is a vegetarian is sufficient for Philip loves tofu. If Philip doesn't love tofu, it is not enough for him to be a vegetarian.
Hope this help you.
By the end of the story, Lucynell had been abandoned, and Mr. Shiftlet, appalled at the corruption in the world and in himself, sped alone through the rain down the road to Alabama.
Mr. Shiftlet had married the oblivious Lucynell and convinced her mother to give him some money and the use of the car, ostensibly so that he could take his new bride on a proper honeymoon. Shiftlet and Lucynell had set off on their trip and stopped at a diner, where Lucynell fell asleep over her meal. Shiftlet paid for her food, told the waiter that she was just a hitchhiker, and abandoned her there at the restaurant.
Shiftlet continued on his way, depressed and tormented by his own behavior. Hungry for company, he picked up a young boy who actually had never even asked for a ride. He talked to the boy as he drove along, remembering stories of his "sweet mother" with melancholy regret, but the boy did not share his sentimentality; he shouted epithets about Shiftlet's mother and his own, and leaped from the car. Shiftlet was stunned as he realized "the rottenness of the world", and as a heavy raindrops began to fall, he careened off down the road to Mobile.
