Introducing the book: Trevor Noah’s book, Born a Crime, is meaningful and funny story about his life growing up in South Africa during and after apartheid. In the book, Noah shares how he is mix-raced and how his mother helped him face the challenges and gave him opportunities of living in a segregated society.
Summary: Born a Crime tells the story of Trevor Noah’s childhood as a colored kid in South Africa, where it was illegal for people of different races to have children. Using funny and exciting stories, Trevor talks about his struggles with identity, poverty, and racism. The book also shows how his mother, Patricia, helped him become who he is now.
Central Ideas: Two main ideas in Born a Crime are racism and identity. Trevor shows how apartheid’s racist laws shaped his life, and how people treated him because of these laws. He also shared his struggle of being “too black” to be accepted by white people and “too white” to be accepted by black people. These ideas are shown throughout the book as Trevor talks about the different challenges he faces with racism and identity.
The task of this page was to collect some descriptive words and phrases in the book. These different words can help readers reflect on some of the vivid language that Trevor wrote to describe life during his childhood, and the wording helps describe events more vividly. What’s good about these pages are that they give specific examples of some of the vivd language used in the book and how Trevor used these languages to make the book more engaging.
The task of this page was to write some facts and some emotional quotes and ideas of the book. Both efferent and aesthetic can help readers understand more about living during apartheid, and how Trevor felt about it. It showcases some of the challenges that Trevor and his mom faces, and some of the historical background information that led up to the injustice in Trevor’s childhood. This page shows the balance of the truth of apartheid and Trevor’s opinion of apartheid.
The task of this page was to watch a video and make a page about “power”. It reflects the different ranks and levels of power and it connects to some of the power used to control Trevor and his family. It showcases different kinds of power, and how Trevor uses these kinds (of power) to show how some people have control over others. This page is organized in a way to show how power works, and can also connect directly to Trevor’s experience.
