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"Nathan McCall's autobiography is more like a commentary on what it is like growing up as a black man in the inner city. His effective telling of his own life is highly reflective and insightful to fully understanding the harshness of life for the black male. Although he has overcome a hard beginning and achieved a degree of "success," McCall never forgets his beginnings and lets the reader experience all the trials and tribulations, the peaks and valleys, and the humor and pathos of such an existence."
Reginald D. Garrard, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting for social change
- minorities fighting for rights
- fights between different pol/social groups
If this is a culture clash:
- minority culture living in majority area
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- journalist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 51-75% of book
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