Summary
There was a part in the book where he is talking about Jim's funereal and Claude said that all the cats selling drugs were there and the junkies. Then he said something which is the shocking to me. He said I want all these people to be at my funeral like his. Why would you say that? That is sad actually it just shows you were in the drug life and you did not have any real friends. It is just a sad thing to say. Never mind i change my mind I said before that I actually think he is changing but I take that back. He is still always getting distracted with the bad things he use to do before and he gets distracted with getting respect from other people. He is thinking about which is a better way to get respect doing this or that. When you see people who always gets drawn back to what they were doing before you then know that that person has not moved on in life, enough said. Once again Cluade is hanging around with the wrong type of people its like he is trying to fit in with the crowd and school life also. But all I have to say is it is either one way or the other make your decision.
Quote
"Sonny, you got to stay away from them gray boys and them gray teachers, because, they stealin' your soul man." (Brown 223)
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Those are type of people that want to bring you down in life as well as they are doing down themselves it's like they don't want to go done a lone. So they decide to bring people with them. Or this quote shows that this person do not want to see you get in a higher place then them. So they give you the wrong advice. It is said that a friend is doing this to another friend but there are different type of people in this world good and bad. There is people will like and will not like. There are even people that will use you which also happened in this book.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Manchild in the Promised Land Pg 176-204
Summary
So I am happy that this term is over because I can start a new book this book was to repetitious. I started to get bored with it. Although I did not finish the book just reading the chapters i read it just kept on talking about how he kept on stealing things and getting a beat from his mother. At times I just wanted him to get hit really hard in the head and that will make the light bulb and realize that if you keep on stealing and playing hookey then you are not going to get anywhere in life. Even though there was several parts in the book where he started to actually go to night school end up wanting to be something in life. He still did stupid things like get high once in a while. I remember one part of the book where he notices that one of his sisters is acting completely opposite from how she was before. He was blaming his mom with not being on top of her. But at the same time I think that it is his fault because when he was younger he would be the one who would do all the bad things. And his sisters and brothers are probably saying why did you didn't stop Claude from doing it when he was younger? So it was like he was a bad role model for his little siblings.
Quote
"Fathers were picking up guns and saying "Now, look, if you fuck wit the rent money, I am gonna kill you. " and they meant it." (Brown 181)
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When I read this quote I said to myself if a kid steals money especially money for the bills then the kid needs serious help. Having your father threaten you is basically saying why were you even planing to go there because that is the wrong move. This is a kid stealing money to by drugs. What you can also tell from this quote is that this kid is addicted to drugs. Another thing you can tell is dialect in the quote "wit" its slang for with.
So I am happy that this term is over because I can start a new book this book was to repetitious. I started to get bored with it. Although I did not finish the book just reading the chapters i read it just kept on talking about how he kept on stealing things and getting a beat from his mother. At times I just wanted him to get hit really hard in the head and that will make the light bulb and realize that if you keep on stealing and playing hookey then you are not going to get anywhere in life. Even though there was several parts in the book where he started to actually go to night school end up wanting to be something in life. He still did stupid things like get high once in a while. I remember one part of the book where he notices that one of his sisters is acting completely opposite from how she was before. He was blaming his mom with not being on top of her. But at the same time I think that it is his fault because when he was younger he would be the one who would do all the bad things. And his sisters and brothers are probably saying why did you didn't stop Claude from doing it when he was younger? So it was like he was a bad role model for his little siblings.
Quote
"Fathers were picking up guns and saying "Now, look, if you fuck wit the rent money, I am gonna kill you. " and they meant it." (Brown 181)
Reaction
When I read this quote I said to myself if a kid steals money especially money for the bills then the kid needs serious help. Having your father threaten you is basically saying why were you even planing to go there because that is the wrong move. This is a kid stealing money to by drugs. What you can also tell from this quote is that this kid is addicted to drugs. Another thing you can tell is dialect in the quote "wit" its slang for with.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Manchild in tyhe Promise Land 161-
Summary
So I don't really believe in the phrase everyone deserves a second chance. Only in some certain situations although its like Claude is getting a second chance in life. One of his friend is asking Claude to not go kill the person that almost ruined his reputation. In fact one of Claude's friend asked I will do it for you I will kill him because i have nothing in life, I have nowhere to turn, I lost everything but you have your parents and you have things in life. The next paragraph i read about is Claude wanting to stop selling pot. To me this was a big shock because i remember from the previous chapters Claude said he was not going to stop selling pot because that is how he got money whenever he needed it. Then another shock happens when Claude decides to go back to school. He wants to learn things and when he fails some classes he is not like the typical type of person that would get mad and give up. He actually took the classes over again and passed. He was talking about how some of his friends decided they were going to start school as well but most of them did not last long, except one. Tony wanted to stick with Claude and try to get somewhere in life and Claude is on a good path.
Quote
"Since I had gotten out of Warwick, I had left the garment center, gotten a job at Hamburger Heaven, and started school. I'd done a whole lot of things. But I was still looking for something new." (Brown 177)
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When I read this quote I like standing up and clapping. He is actually y pushing himself. He wants to find that special something. Which i am actually interested in knowing also. But this is coming from a kid that use to not care about going to jail, skipping school, stealing all the time. It is like someone hit him on the head and a light bulb went on. He realized that the things he was going before is not the way life is suppose to be, And honestly I am happy for him. His friends should be looking up at him just like Tony is. Also Claude needs to realize how lucky he is because some people do not have to opportunity to go back to school and give it a shot. Now i just want to see whats that special something and how long he is gonna last in school.
So I don't really believe in the phrase everyone deserves a second chance. Only in some certain situations although its like Claude is getting a second chance in life. One of his friend is asking Claude to not go kill the person that almost ruined his reputation. In fact one of Claude's friend asked I will do it for you I will kill him because i have nothing in life, I have nowhere to turn, I lost everything but you have your parents and you have things in life. The next paragraph i read about is Claude wanting to stop selling pot. To me this was a big shock because i remember from the previous chapters Claude said he was not going to stop selling pot because that is how he got money whenever he needed it. Then another shock happens when Claude decides to go back to school. He wants to learn things and when he fails some classes he is not like the typical type of person that would get mad and give up. He actually took the classes over again and passed. He was talking about how some of his friends decided they were going to start school as well but most of them did not last long, except one. Tony wanted to stick with Claude and try to get somewhere in life and Claude is on a good path.
Quote
"Since I had gotten out of Warwick, I had left the garment center, gotten a job at Hamburger Heaven, and started school. I'd done a whole lot of things. But I was still looking for something new." (Brown 177)
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When I read this quote I like standing up and clapping. He is actually y pushing himself. He wants to find that special something. Which i am actually interested in knowing also. But this is coming from a kid that use to not care about going to jail, skipping school, stealing all the time. It is like someone hit him on the head and a light bulb went on. He realized that the things he was going before is not the way life is suppose to be, And honestly I am happy for him. His friends should be looking up at him just like Tony is. Also Claude needs to realize how lucky he is because some people do not have to opportunity to go back to school and give it a shot. Now i just want to see whats that special something and how long he is gonna last in school.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Manchild in the Promised Land pages 88-161
Summary
So once again Claude is put into juvenile. Ever time he does something bad once he gets out he again put in juvenile but at a higher level for example not with people who is his age. Because the court room people thinks that if he keeps on doing bad things and he is in juvenile lets make it tough for him teach him a lesson by putting with older people. Claude I notice does not things get to him. Every time they put him with older people he always finds a way to make friends get what he wants even do things that he will still do if he was out on the street. Like picking on people so they get scared of Claude. Next thing you know people have respect for him. I also do notice that even though Claude acts tough he is not at certain times. For example went he went to Warwick which is like jail he told his mother people are waiting for me to beat me up. But at certain jails people know him. He has a reputation over at certain places. I know for a fact that Claude does not want to go to school and be like almost everyone else who go to school and get a job. Claude wants to just drop out of school. He even has friends who will help him make a living. First Claude sells drugs that how he gets money but also by tricking people into doing something. Claude gets paid and the buyer ends up getting tricked. Claude even prefers going to jail over staying home at times.
Quote
" I wanted to know things, and i wanted to do things. It made me start thinking about what night happen if i go out of Warwick and didn't go back to Harlem. But I could not really see myself going back to Harlem. but i could not really see myself going anywhere....."
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This quote to me sounds like Claude is crying for help. When a kid says they do not see themselves going anywhere that is a cry for help in my ears. Claude does not even see himself finish school and getting a job. He is just thinking about making a living on his own. You know what that also shows that he does not have people to turn to. If you don't have people to turn to then you feel like a failure you, don't have anyone to talk to. Claude is smart he reads books and wants to know things, learn things but he cares about his reputation and he has no one to push him to move on in life. If you do not have no one to push you in life then you go no where in life unless you are mature enough to push yourself.
So once again Claude is put into juvenile. Ever time he does something bad once he gets out he again put in juvenile but at a higher level for example not with people who is his age. Because the court room people thinks that if he keeps on doing bad things and he is in juvenile lets make it tough for him teach him a lesson by putting with older people. Claude I notice does not things get to him. Every time they put him with older people he always finds a way to make friends get what he wants even do things that he will still do if he was out on the street. Like picking on people so they get scared of Claude. Next thing you know people have respect for him. I also do notice that even though Claude acts tough he is not at certain times. For example went he went to Warwick which is like jail he told his mother people are waiting for me to beat me up. But at certain jails people know him. He has a reputation over at certain places. I know for a fact that Claude does not want to go to school and be like almost everyone else who go to school and get a job. Claude wants to just drop out of school. He even has friends who will help him make a living. First Claude sells drugs that how he gets money but also by tricking people into doing something. Claude gets paid and the buyer ends up getting tricked. Claude even prefers going to jail over staying home at times.
Quote
" I wanted to know things, and i wanted to do things. It made me start thinking about what night happen if i go out of Warwick and didn't go back to Harlem. But I could not really see myself going back to Harlem. but i could not really see myself going anywhere....."
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This quote to me sounds like Claude is crying for help. When a kid says they do not see themselves going anywhere that is a cry for help in my ears. Claude does not even see himself finish school and getting a job. He is just thinking about making a living on his own. You know what that also shows that he does not have people to turn to. If you don't have people to turn to then you feel like a failure you, don't have anyone to talk to. Claude is smart he reads books and wants to know things, learn things but he cares about his reputation and he has no one to push him to move on in life. If you do not have no one to push you in life then you go no where in life unless you are mature enough to push yourself.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Manchild in the Promised Land Pages 9-88
Summary
This book's setting is taken place in Harlem, New York.In the year between the 1940-1950. This book is basically about a boy who keeps on doing bad things with his friends. He always get into fights, sometimes he goes to school, sometimes he does not even come home he sleeps at parks. He already has a group of friends that do the same type of things with him. They are constantly stealing playing a game called "Hookey "which is basically when they just skip school. The main character has two sisters and a little brother named Pimp. Although he does not care that he is setting a bad example for his bother and sister. His group of friends teach things they do not know to each other like for example if a place is crowded they will still try to steal by either blending in or distracting the cash register person the other friend goes behind the counter and take the money. He gets beating from his father with the belt but that does not seem to work when they parent is trying to give him a lesson. He does all these bad things over and over again. He makes friends by having a fight with them like a physical fight a few times next thing you know they are close buddies. This boy has even gone to juvenile.
Quote
"Seem like nobody can't make him understand. I talk to him, I yell at him, I whip his ass, but it don't do no good. His daddy preach to him, yell at him, he beat him so bad sometimes, I gotta run in the kitchen and git a big knife on him to stop him from killin' that boy. You think that might break him outta those devilish way she got? Child, that scamp'll look Jesus dead in the eyes when he is standin' on a mountain of Bibles and swear to God in heaven he ain't gon do it no more. The next day, or even the next minute, that little lyin' Negro done gone and did it again- and got a mouthful a lies when he git caught." [page 39 Claude Brown]
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so I love this book from the first page automatically I was like this was going to be an action book. It started of with the main character getting shot and his friend is asking him are you going to tell the police I was with you. At that moment I was like his friend got to be kidding. Your friend is bleeding and shot lying on the floor and your asking him if he is going to tell the police I was with you. You are not going to ask if he is okay? But I feel bad for the main characters family you can tell from the quote above which is his mother talking that she does not know what on earth she is going to do with him. I do recognize the mother has a dialect. One thing that I think is the problem with this family is there is no trust or communication. The main character hates his dad he even says in the story I am going to kill him one day. Like who says that you are suppose to respect your parents yes it is alright to be mad at them at times but kill them that is going a little too far. But the mother is too soft on her son at times. Like there was one part where someone had to go pick him up from the police station and he knew automatically it was going to be his mother. Because she always comes to his rescue. I believe that if you actually sit down with your parents and have a talk with them once in a while then they start trusting you they will understand where you are coming coming from in certain situations and you will understand where they are coming from. The only bad thing I do not like about this book is that they talk about the same thins sometimes like they will always talk about stealing and cutting school. And after a while from reading that kind of stuff you tend to get bored after a while. Although i am interested on if he will change.
This book's setting is taken place in Harlem, New York.In the year between the 1940-1950. This book is basically about a boy who keeps on doing bad things with his friends. He always get into fights, sometimes he goes to school, sometimes he does not even come home he sleeps at parks. He already has a group of friends that do the same type of things with him. They are constantly stealing playing a game called "Hookey "which is basically when they just skip school. The main character has two sisters and a little brother named Pimp. Although he does not care that he is setting a bad example for his bother and sister. His group of friends teach things they do not know to each other like for example if a place is crowded they will still try to steal by either blending in or distracting the cash register person the other friend goes behind the counter and take the money. He gets beating from his father with the belt but that does not seem to work when they parent is trying to give him a lesson. He does all these bad things over and over again. He makes friends by having a fight with them like a physical fight a few times next thing you know they are close buddies. This boy has even gone to juvenile.
Quote
"Seem like nobody can't make him understand. I talk to him, I yell at him, I whip his ass, but it don't do no good. His daddy preach to him, yell at him, he beat him so bad sometimes, I gotta run in the kitchen and git a big knife on him to stop him from killin' that boy. You think that might break him outta those devilish way she got? Child, that scamp'll look Jesus dead in the eyes when he is standin' on a mountain of Bibles and swear to God in heaven he ain't gon do it no more. The next day, or even the next minute, that little lyin' Negro done gone and did it again- and got a mouthful a lies when he git caught." [page 39 Claude Brown]
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so I love this book from the first page automatically I was like this was going to be an action book. It started of with the main character getting shot and his friend is asking him are you going to tell the police I was with you. At that moment I was like his friend got to be kidding. Your friend is bleeding and shot lying on the floor and your asking him if he is going to tell the police I was with you. You are not going to ask if he is okay? But I feel bad for the main characters family you can tell from the quote above which is his mother talking that she does not know what on earth she is going to do with him. I do recognize the mother has a dialect. One thing that I think is the problem with this family is there is no trust or communication. The main character hates his dad he even says in the story I am going to kill him one day. Like who says that you are suppose to respect your parents yes it is alright to be mad at them at times but kill them that is going a little too far. But the mother is too soft on her son at times. Like there was one part where someone had to go pick him up from the police station and he knew automatically it was going to be his mother. Because she always comes to his rescue. I believe that if you actually sit down with your parents and have a talk with them once in a while then they start trusting you they will understand where you are coming coming from in certain situations and you will understand where they are coming from. The only bad thing I do not like about this book is that they talk about the same thins sometimes like they will always talk about stealing and cutting school. And after a while from reading that kind of stuff you tend to get bored after a while. Although i am interested on if he will change.
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