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....."

Reaction
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.