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Identity and Community
Family
Chapter 5
"'Learn from your past and be better because of your past...but don't cry about your past. Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you, but don't hold on to it." (Noah 66).
The author uses exemplification to reveal what values are most important to him. He uses Patricia's past to show independence and how she wants him to have a greater future with the resources she gives him (reading, critical thinking, adventures, and written arguments).
Chapter 8
"Seeing him had reaffirmed his choosing of me. He chose to have me in his life... Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being" (Noah 110).
Patricia said to Trevor that his father is a piece of him, of his identity. Trevor had never known that part of him until he had reached out. Being in contact again after so many years opened the mysterious and long-forgotten part of his identity and is able to understanf himself further.
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Mixed Race
Chapter 4
" 'Then you should hit him' 'I can't hit him.' 'Why not?' 'Because I don't know how to hit a white child' " (Noah 52)
Noah uses the connotation of him being 'white' in order to inform the audience of the effect Noahs race had on him as well as his family and community. How they treated him differently and were almost scared of him , how it changed his sense of identity
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"I became a chameleon. My color didn't change, but I could change your perception of my color" (Noah 56)
The author uses a metaphor in order to convince the audience that Noahs race is an impacful part of his identity. It also comments how the use of language and race and change peoples perception of 'color'. This perception affects the whole dynamic of the community in soweto and their view of noah
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"It wasn't 'Trevor doesn't get beaten because Trevor is white." It was, 'Trevor doesn't get beaten because Trevor is Trevor.' Trevor can't go outside"(Noah 53)
The author uses the alliteration of T and specifically Trevor's name. The author does this in order to make the audience contemplate Trevors identity. As well as connect his identity to his race which is mentioned in conjuncture with the fact that trevor is 'white'
Soweto
"There is something magical about Soweto. Yes, it was a prison designed by our oppressors, but it also gave us a sense of self-determination and control" (Noah 40).
Noah uses juxtaposition to explain that while every person in Soweto has nearly nothing, they still developed a strong identity. This led Noah to dream of a future in which they could have much more, despite it seeming impossible, which led him and many others to become people with strong aspirations.
Chapter 4
"I spent my life looking at other people. I saw myself as the people around me, and the people around me were black. My cousins are black, my mom is black, my gran is black. I grew up black" (Noah 59).
The community in Soweto played a huge role in the way Noah perceived himself as a child. Noah uses the repetition of "black" to express that he grew up entirely surrounded by Black culture, nothing else. Despite how other people perceived him, Noah was confident in his identity as a black person.
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Chapter 7
"...White people had spent years seeing video of black people being beaten to death by other white people, but this one video of a black man kicking a cat, that's what sent them over the edge" (Noah 93).
The author uses comparison to show the division between what is acceptable in the black and white community. Cat owners are seen as witches and cats as something forbidden in the black community. While in the white community, they treat each animal with care and as members of the family.
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