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Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home
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Chapters 21-30Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of rape, mental illness, child abuse, child sexual abuse, child death, self-harm, substance use, addiction, graphic violence, physical abuse, and emotional abuse.
Chapter 21 Summary
While in the woods, a deer and its fawn frequently came to the camp, and Shasta started to believe the deer was her mother watching over her. She heard the deer tell her to “be there for Jet” (142), so Shasta attempted to show Jet empathy and listen to his problems. Meanwhile, Jet told the kids that if they could capture a chipmunk, he would take them home, and Dylan spent most of his time trying to accomplish this. Shasta began to wonder if Jet had brought other children to the campsite before.
Chapter 22 Summary
The only other survivor of Jet’s crimes to speak out about them was a boy named Ronny, who, like Dylan and Shasta, was taken into the woods near his home and sexually abused by Jet. Jet also beat Ronny with a stick and burned him with a cigarette. Later, Jet explained that he believed he was helping Ronny or even having fun with him and believed Ronny was “weak” for being unable to handle it. Jet always considered himself the victim and insisted that he was misunderstood and unloved. He blamed the world for his problems, which he later took out on Shasta and her family.
