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Plot Summary of These Eyes
"The writer writes about when he was a very troubled youth who was in and out of jail and reform school while growing up on Selma Alabama's segregated streets. He also speaks of the extremely racist conditions and situations he had to deal with and accept during the civil rights struggles of the fifty's and sixties. He explains why for him the jaws of racism had a much more deadly grip, and why Jim Crow's wrath created a more racist and hostile environment for him than it did for some of the others who were involved in the movement. "
Johnny Bodley, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of These Eyes
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - committing crimes
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - Black
If this is a culture clash: - minority culture living in majority area
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes
ethnic of society (outside) - American (south)
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity - Black
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Small town? Yes
Misc setting - prison
Century: - 1960's-1970's

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to torture
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - gentle
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more dialog than descript
A LOT of info about personal vices? Yes
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