“Born a Crime” written by Trevor Noah, is about his childhood facing challenges to find his identity and belonging. Trevor Noah, a boy that lived during part of the apartheid South Africa, was born as a colored child. As a colored child, he faces racism and challenges  to find his identity and belonging.

Being a colored child, there was limited resources for people that are not considered “white”. When he was in six grade, he went to H.A. Jack Primary, a government school. He was often caught between black and white groups, feeling  sort of isolated from both sides. His lighter skin made him a target  from black peers, while white peers viewed him as an outsider. This shows a divisions created by racism.

When he was small, he was struggling to find his identity, he had to chose weather to be “white” or “black” Trevor was in a white environment during school, but he thinks he tend to fit better with the “black” childrens because he was able to speak multiple languages in common, which made him fit more in the group. “I switched to a black one because I felt like I fit in more. I thought of myself as black, even though the world saw me as colored.”

this page (9) is about the story, narrative, description of what happened in the book. i wrote about events happening in the book.

page 8 is about information happening in the book. its mostly about what life was in south Africa, true events happening.

On page 16, you have to rewrite a passage from the book from a different perspective point of view. i rewrote chapter 14 from a perspective of an teacher from the jewish school,

On page 14, its about different perspectives, there is perspective from different people viewing different things.

On page 6 is about languages the author uses. This allows us to know how the author writes, and learn from him.

On page 24, you design a playlist that represents the book. I chose 6 songs about some main events happening in the book.

“My Side of The Story”  My_Side_of_the_Story by Adam Bagdasarian, is a short story about concepts of justice inside families. The type of conflict the short story is human V.S human, which is also an external conflict black out poem (1

In this essay, it talks about a brief summary about what the story is about and the theme of the story

https://www.ipl.org/essay/Adam-Bagdasarians-My-Side-Of-The-Story-PKFCAJC3RC4DR. (cant put this link up for some reason) 

The main conflict of the short story is when “I” the protagonist ran into her mother’s room and found out that her dad was in the room not her mother. According to paragraph 9 the protagonist said “in those days justice a good deal like my mother.” and “ myk mother would hear the evidence , weigh the evidence, and punish my brother.” to her, mom symbolizes justice, this is because when skip put scotch tape on the protagonist’s hair, the first thing the she would do was to find her mom. This shows how important her mom is inside of her. 

Another evidence to support my conflict is According to paragraph 13 “when I saw my father, most of the color drained from my face. My first impulse was to walk backwards out of the room, closing the door.” This proves how afraid she was when she was her dad because the reaction she had was trying to get out of the room.   

The last evidence to support my conflict is according to paragraph 37 her dad said ““You don’t…” Whap! “…ever…” Whap! “…come in…” Whap! Whap! “…here…” Whap! “…without knocking! Do you hear me?” Silence. Whap!” when skip saw this he ran out of the room. This clearly shows how strict his dad is, and how much his dad cares about the small details.

The expression of the protagonist’s face when she saw her dad was in the room not her mother clearly shows how much she resisted her father, and how she depends on her mother.

if you want to read more about “my side of the story, look at thisIn this essay, it talks about a brief summary about what the story is about and the theme of the story.