Summary (Stephen Fisher) 3&4

Chapter three starts with Adam’s second day at the shelter. He begins the day at an orientation provided by the shelter where he learns about services available to him and health hazards. Following orientation he goes on a job hunt through the city, in the end finding out that the best place to look for jobs in on the internet. The next day he finds a job working construction where he meets a polite boss who offers him a job for that following Sunday.
Chapter four starts with Adam mentioning small jobs he got through easy labor. One job in particular where he and others were treated with disrespect and worked to the bone for low wages. After Adam in disenchanted by his last job, he picks himself up and prepares himself for the long road ahead to accomplish his goals.
The tone of chapters three and four are all light hearted with slight bits of humor and self deprecation. Throughout Adam makes fun of either mistakes he’s made or characteristics about himself. Such as on page forty-one Adam shows humility in the fact that he can’t go without conditioner for his hair while all the other guys only use shampoo. He also goes on with his humorous tone when he describes how he must eat like superman because of the way he works. Therefore Adam shows both the ability to laugh at himself and be extremely self-aware at the same time.