How Did Soto Wear The Green Jacket?

In my opinion, the jacket Soto continuously mentions is more than an article of clothing to him; I feel it signifies a life of poverty. He hates the green jacket his mother bought him and blames his mother for her bad taste in clothes. He describes the jacket as big and ugly and wishes it belonged to his siblings instead of him. He defines his cool leather dream jacket to his mother but he never gets it Soto becomes aggravated with his mother’s cheap ways; because he knows it will be a long time before he can get a new jacket. As much as he despises the jacket, he thanks his mother and wears it to please her. The first day Soto wears the jacket to play in his backyard; his dog tears the jacket in the sleeve, he becomes upset with