Blog #6
Theme Statement: Many kids that grow up in dangerous neighborhoods are forced to become responsible at a young age.
Literary Device: Metaphor
p. 140 " Where was God when kids were selling rocks at twelve years old. and their parents encouraged it because the kids were the main breadwinners in the home?
Analysis:
In the quote it talks about how kids are the "breadwinners" of the house. this is a metaphor because its comparing earning money to winning bread. Kids that grow up in neighborhoods like Wes did are forced to become responsible at a young age because their families are short on money or food and they are taught or forced to help out in any way they can even if it is dangerous. Most times kids lose their innocence early and end up in ad situations because of how they had to grow up. In the end of the chapter even though Wes tried to find jobs he could never really find a permanent good paying job because he never wen to school. The reason Wes dropped out of school was to make money for himself that his family couldn't provide by selling drugs. When Wes couldn't find a good job he went back to selling drugs. Him selling drugs to support his family didn't lead him to the best future and that happens to many other kids.
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