The narrator has complex feelings about his dad. Use the RACE strategy and textual evidence to support this statement. * in the book "ghosts''

Ghost’s father, never seen and never named, is currently serving a ten-year sentence in jail for attempting to murder his wife and Ghost. Ghost’s father, a violent alcoholic, is everything Ghost fears he will one day become. For most of the novel, Ghost is trying to run away from his father, but ultimately comes to accept he is running towards his own better life, rather than what his life used to be.

When the novel begins, Ghost is afraid of himself and embarrassed of his situation. He worries he will end up just like his father, and hates that he and his mother were once almost killed by his father. Ghost’s choosing to run is initially less about being a better person, and more about avoiding his life as it is. Likewise, Ghost is very sensitive about his life, and the things other say about him deeply hurt him. In so doing, he gets into fights and steals – things that will not help him in life at all and demonstrate a level of immaturity.

Ghost’s greatest fear is that he may turn into his father, and that he may never get beyond Glass Manor. Ghost confronts this fear by taking the advice of Coach and Mr. Charles in which he takes responsibility for his own actions (apologizing for stealing the shoes) and not allowing others to laugh at his dreams (or to laugh at others, such as in the case of Brandon). Ghost also confronts this fear by getting away from stealing and focusing on track.