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
his dog when he tries to do it again. He wears the jacket to school and immediately gets teased by his schoolmates and teachers. Soto continues to wear the green jacket for 3 years to school and is convinced the jacket is bad luck. For those 3 years he blamed his green jacket for his years of disappointments like his low grades on exams, being bullied by boys, and never having a girlfriend. He blamed his mother for purchasing ugly clothes because they were low-priced. He ends up losing his friends and starts to hanging out with the ugly guys. He is embarrassed and ashamed of his appearance; he allows a piece of clothing to define him. Soto thinks of getting rid of the jacket many times, but doesn’t since he knows he will have no jacket for the cold weather or any money to buy a new one. He outgrows the jacket and has no choice but to wear the worn and torn green jacket because his mother will not buy a new one. I believe Soto just wanted to fit in and impress his peers at the same time he did not want to seem ungrateful to his mother.