In this book “hate list” by Jennifer brown is a very emotional book only if you are really reading it. That means understanding what’s going, where the scenery is taking places. Trying to picture self in the situation is also a key factor in reading this book. Most times if you haven’t been in this type of situation (a shooting at a school or a child bringing a weapon to a school) you probably don’t know where the reader is coming from. Me on the other hand I’ve been to 2 schools, one even in middle school, and the other in high school. During middle school a child that’s in jail now got caught in the bathroom with a gun cause he was trying to “PROTECT” himself from being jumped after school by someone that was messing with him. Now I didn’t know him that well so I didn’t know how to feel about the situation. I always wondered if he would have done it during lunch and got it over with. That would have been devastating for the children and even the elder people. Almost everyone gets picked on for something and I guess my time of being picked on was when I was little. As I grew up it stopped, my mother always told me after I grew up “niggas don’t wanna fight you Jeraud you to big” and I thought that was funny but true. She also mentioned since they knew they couldn’t fight me they wasn’t trying to they was either trying to lose a fight or shoot. In the book I guess nick want as fortunate as me, and they felt like they could get off on him and he showed them who would have the last laugh. Honestly this might sound messed up but I don’t blame him at all he handled his business!
- sorry Stephanie for the “N” word if that’s not allowed
Jeraud,
ReplyDeleteThe word you used makes sense in your context. I appreciate you being sensitive.
This blog posting was very meaningful to me. Your personal experience is really bringing a powerful perspective to the reading. Thank you.