Throughout the entire book, no one ever believes Jack. He always has outlandish ideas that tend to be correct hypotheses. He has been suspended from the police force, but keeps on doing what he believes is right; he attempts to solve the multitude of intertwining crimes. Jack's wife won't speak to him for a majority of the book and everyone else deems his crazy. Through all of this, Jack still works on the cases in front of him because he knows no one will solve them without his help. Jack tries to save his town of Reading time and time again even though no one thanks him for his hard work.
Jack is not the only selfless character in The Fourth Bear. Ashley also performs a heroic deed. He kills himself to save Reading. To extinguish a cuculear reaction taking place (I don't want to go into details, but if you wonder what this is, you would have to read the book.) he asks Jack to stab him and use his alien watery insides to douse the reaction. Wow. Sacrificing himself for everyone else. That is truly amazing.
As I read The Fourth Bear, I wonder if I could ever do such acts in real life. I suppose I'll never know until I'm in such a position, but I can still imagine. Ashley seems so set in saving Reading and Jack won't stop his job. I don't know if I have as strong backbones as these fictional characters have. I do hope that I would be able to act in a selfless manner like they do if the time should ever arise.
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