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I also believe there a under one that there doing it to themselves, jojo doesn't allow himself to heal because of his hate and because the love he has elsewhere, for a while leonie enjoyed the high and enjoyed the chase and running from love almost sick in a way but its self induced pain that isn't notice till they crave change

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The book use the setting to truly define each family member, pop a man who grew up in the worst of it slavery killins all of it he has been through the most so he know what not to show his kids and grand children. Leonie grew up in a much more tolerable environment but still faces those same issues but not as extreme and lastly jojo growing up in the ultimate present time he envies the attitude pops has but is oblivious as to why he acts like this. He sees the good, he owns his own crib, he's noble, he walks and talks with pride, he cares for others and he gets bloody on his time.

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Jojo express at the beginning of the book that his mother isnt really mother she doesnt have feature that a caretaker should have” she never healed nothing in her life. He views her as a neglectful, selfish, and incomprehensible mother. Their relationship is painful, and both characters can be cruel to one another
As a result of this he himself has taken the title of mom out of his vocabulary

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There is a strong theme that you don't know what you have till it's too late.Most people don't see the errors in their way or a reason to change. you must lose a vital part of your wellbeing in order to make a true change. Leonnie's breaking point came when her mother died. It wasn't until then in which she actually strived for change not for her but for her family

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To cope with internal struggles, Leonie turns to drugs. It's her way out of reality whether it be brief or take up her whole night. In a place so rural everyone knows everyone it wasn't hard for Leonie to come across what she needed. Sometimes it would fall straight into her hands and she didn't know how it got there. She craves her high to see her lost brother killed by the family in which she was married. One night misty asked if she was excited if michael was coming home ofc ecstatic with the return of her lover it doesn't take much time for leonie to overthink  life the same night taking in the failures as a mother jus based on a face she remembers jojo giving her, this relates to Mac lyrics because they both believe it's a small world that the world revolves around them and their problems…. Till they dont

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Our story takes places in Bois and  Parchman, mississippi, jumping from the 1940’s in which the town was very much different than it was in present day, lynching killings, slaves and opression were common. Jumping from the past to the present day around 2005 or after Hurricane Katryna hit. Is were our main characters story takes place in a poverty riddled community almost in the middle of nowhere and quite a distance from local spots such as workhouse prisons and schools.

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Our main characters take places jumping from two main subjects. Leonie the daughter to River  and Philomene, and mother to Jojo and Kayla, Very troubled, pregnant at a young age still dealing with past trauma and racism she turns to copes with drugs. Secondly would be Jojo a 13 year old boy whom is the creation of leonie and michael. Neglected by both and would be a father figure to his younger sister.