This is because of the conversations that could be sparked by this novel, not only about race and self image, but the American justice system as a whole. Personally, I feel that this book is worth a read at any age, especially in a Young Adult classroom.
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I would love to see how a room of ethnically diverse students would look at this book and how they would process the events within it. So, obviously, when I read this book that hinges so much on themes of race, difference in class/socioeconomic status, and self-image of a young adult main character, I was constantly thinking of my future classroom. I intend to teach High School English when I finish my teaching degree at UWM, and I personally never anticipated wanting to teach in an urban setting this much. If it seems like I always relate my posts back to Urban Education and teaching diverse youth, that's because I almost always do that while I'm reading and thinking about my future classroom. Is Steve an honest young man? It is up to the reader to decide. Loyalty and honesty are a theme in this novel. I think it is tough for me to say something different was what was already written because it isn't my writing to change, but I felt he was innocent from what I read and analyzed. Something was brought up in our discussion about the role of the jury within the novel. Just crazy to think how a kid his age had gotten into such a serious situation. I also was thinking the whole time how young Steve was. Not only with his unique writing style, but also his way of constructing the plot was truly impressive. Walter Dean Myers made me think a lot in this book. It was much more descriptive which made me feel like I was in the situation The main question is if Steve is a criminal or not.
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Going through Steve's mind in a movie script narration was an interesting way of reading and I liked it because I could understand his thoughts and feelings better than had it been written in another style or point of view.
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I found how racial stereotyping was portrayed in this novel very realistic.