Last part of section 2

NOTE: the next sentence is "Dad said nothing. He was staring down at the cement patio, and when he turned to me, his eyes had a wounded look, like a dog who's been kicked. "You must be awfully ashamed of your old man," he said."

This is heartwarming. I was so happy for everyone in the Walls family. The feeling Jeanette must have had must have been so elated. I noticed something in this chapter that I think shows something very large. Jeanette capitalizes dad..(it appears as Dad). This shows how much she respects and idolizes him. Almost as quickly as he stopped drinking, he began again. At this point, I was literally crying. How could a father be so ignorant? His family has helped him, and he is helped himself. (You need to read the book to read about his drunk fits. He wasn't a happy drunk.)  The worst part, for me, was when he went back to achohol Rex set the christmas tree and all of the presents on fire. I literally felt so devestated...the first (or one of the first) christmases that these kids actually (would have) gotten real gifts. To be honest, I cried like it was my presents that burned. I just couldn't imagine being in that situation. These kids are some of the [emotionally] strongest people I have ever 'known'.