Born A Crime by SUMREET MANGAT

Trevor Noah, Born A Crime, Published in Nov, 15 2016

mangasum000 — 2024-04-03 16:16:15 UTC

Year 1993, 1 - (Page 1-3)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-04 00:58:53 UTC

Trevor Noah was a 18 year old boy who wrote "Born A Crime", he was born in South Africa in the year 1984 in Febuary the 20th. His father's name is Robert and his mothers name is Patricia Nombuyiselo. His mom is a Christan women, she believes in a lot of deep religious thoughts. Therefore they go to the church quiet often, not only one but multiple.

#1 Quote-

"I was nine years old when my mother threw me out of a moving car." (1)

Day of Church, 2-(Page 13-14)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-04 00:59:13 UTC

Trevor Noah was facing a issue because they didn't have transportation. Him, his mother, and his younger brother were about to go to church one day and they decided to take the bus, this was because their car had broke down. According to Trevor's religious mother's thoughts she had this feeling that this was a sign from god. He personally didn't want to go to church that day but due to his mom he had to go along.

#2 Quote-

"Under apartheid the government provided no public transportation for blacks, but white people still need us to show up to mop their floors and clean their bathrooms. Necessity being the mother of invention, black people created their own transit system, an informal network of bus routes, controlled by private associations operating entirely outside the law." (14)

Getting Accused, 3 - (Page 15-16)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-04 00:59:25 UTC

Trevor's reputation was based off of his mother, she wasn't known to be a part of a good community. She was a Xhosa women, this means she was a part of the South Africa Nguni. She was accused for being a slut and whore just because she was a Xhosa.

#3 Quote-

"Xhosa women were promiscuous and unfaithful. And here was my mother, his tribal enemy, a Xhosa woman alone with two small children-one of them a mixed child, no less." (15)

Unexpected Moment, 4 - (Page 16-18)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-04 00:59:39 UTC

Trevor Noah was worried about his surroundings, when his mom had made a run for it. His mom had thrown him out the vehicle because she was not feeling safe, they can't trust anyone. This was due to them being a Xhosa, they even had to run from the police.

#4 Quote-

"So I ran, and she ran, and nobody ran like me and my mom. It's weird to explain, but I just knew what to do. It was animal instinct, learning in a world where violence was always lurking and waiting to erupt." (16)

African American, 5 - (Page 22-25)

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Trevor was a part of a very unique culture, he was South African but not just any South African. Their colonists had their own classified group that they are recognized as. He was put into a situation due to his mom being a Xhosa, he couldn't do anything about that. There were a lot of opportunities that his mother could not do, she had to go out of her comfort zone to try to achieve what she wanted. His mother found a German man that lived near her. That is how his mother found his father, they weren't allowed to get married because of the different religions but still managed to have a child. This was known to be illegal at that time.

#5 Quote-

"...my mother was unhappy at home, and when she was twenty-two she ran away to live in downtown Johannesburg. There was only one problem: It was illegal for black people to live there"

Outside Source #1

mangasum000 — 2024-04-05 22:55:14 UTC

A little bit about Travor Noahs background;and what he does for living now

Outside Source #2

mangasum000 — 2024-04-05 23:36:48 UTC

Inspiration that came from the book, he was born as a crime and he made it out of the struggle

Outside Source #3

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 00:35:39 UTC

This is where Trevor Noah was born. Also this is where his mother met the Swiss German man.

Family, 6 (Pages 35-38)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:03:41 UTC

Trevor was not close to his family, he didn't have the same gendered person as him close to him besides his grandpa. The world he lived in was ruled by mainly women at that time. The struggle he faced was being able to see his dad, he wasn't close to him because of the separation situation they were in. His grandpa wanted him to be a boxer and always tried getting him practice for that. Also Trevor had to watch his environment very carefully, even though he lived with his family there were some members who didn't like him because of his mother.

Freedom, 7 (Pages 39-42)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:38:27 UTC

Trevor phased struggles, one of them was looking at his mom trying to fight for freedom. After his mom was exposed to this freedom struggle she started being very religious. They would always pray for the best. Also some people were very poor during this, they couldn't even pay for better ways to do their praying or chants.

#6 Quote-

"'Wathint' Abafazi Wathint'imbokodo!' was the chant they would rally to during the freedom struggle." (39)

The Death, 18 (Pages 248-268)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:57:21 UTC

Their life was finally going well, they had the emoeny to dress well and look wealthy enough. Trevor had a stepfather, his name was Abel, he was known to be very sweet and helpful. Abel turned out to being very traumatizing for Trevor, he was getting questioned by his mother if he had triggered him. Abel was acting unusual and started to abuse both of them. In a moment Trevor had found out that Abel has bought a gun, this was surprising to his mother, she wasn't aware of anything.

#9 Quote-

"She said she'd confronted him about it...Not long after that, I moved out."(268)

A CD Job, 17 (185-187)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:14 UTC

When Trevor started high school he was exposed to a lot of Chinese kids. He became partners with one of them and started to handle money on their own. They started making CD's.

Date, 16 (Page 166-169)

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Trevor had gotten a date, there was a misunderstanding on which girl he was going to go on a date with. The date he was going on a date with was the girl that was mistakened for at first. He had wanted to take a good car to impress her. The BMW car was the car he had wanted to take, it was Abel's car.

Tuck-Shop, 15 (163-165)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:27 UTC

He had ended high-school with the CD business that he started with someone he met in the beggining of his high school years. He had gotten a CD writter from someone off of the internet.

Getting Along, 14 (Page 117-120)

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Trevor didn't have many friends to play with, there was a park where a lot of children went to but he wouldt always be by him self. Everyone was colored, it was just that they were all different from him. Being colored caused some rough moments for him.

#8 Quote-

"the animosity I felt from the colored people I encountered growing up was one of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with. It taught me that it is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider." (117-118)

How The Color Works, 8 (Pages 55-59)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:34 UTC

There was an unexpected day where Trevor had gotten mistakened for a different colored person. That day he relized that he can change the color, not physically but mentally. The way he acts could make others think that he is a certain colored person, basically making assumptions.

#7 Quote-

"We weren't trying to take anything from you. We were trying to steal from white people." (56)

Xhosa or Zulu, 10 (Pages 121-123)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:36 UTC

Trevor was exposed to knowing both Xhosa and Zulu, this had caused some conflict with him and others. They wanted him to pick one, this was because all the South Africans are suppose to be different from eachother, they don't allow a mutual party.

Girls, 11 (Pages 145-147)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:40 UTC

Trevor had started to get interested in girls during high-school. Therefore he got a haircut which was ment to impress the girls but it wasn't the best haircut. The barber had messed it up, and they were sort of poor so they couldn't do anything about it. Especially Trevor's mother was pretty upset with Trevor because of that.

No Eyebrows, 9 (Pages 77-84)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:42 UTC

trevor experienced a truamatizing moment with a black cat. There was gunpowder that is flamable and the cat had interacted with it. This caused a flame which had burned Trevors eyebrows off, he tried acting like it wasn't that big of a deal but his mother had still found out.

A New Friend, 12 (Pages 95-97)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:46 UTC

Trevor was interested in dogs, most colored people had dogs was something he had stated. There was a kind women that had offered puppies to his mom at her work, they havn't had a dog in Soweto, that is where they were living in this current moment. This dog was very special to him because it was a childhood pet.

Connections, 13 (Page 107-108)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 01:58:49 UTC

Trevor wanted to be closer to his father, all though this was not possible. His dad moved furhter away from him to a place called Cape Town, they lost their connections with each other. That is when Abel comes in, he is his mothers new husband, also known as his step father.

Warning, 20 (276-281)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 02:00:21 UTC

Trevor had now lost trust in everyone, Abel had started to threaten his mom him, and their dog as well. There was no where out of this situation anymore, the last moment he had with his mother was before Abel had shot at her. He was confronting Abel while his mother was on her last breaths, yelling and questiong Abel but didn't get answers.

#10 Quote-

"'What are you talking about, 'the bright side'? Mom, you were shot in the face. There is no bright side...She broke out in a huge smile and started laughing."

Moving Out, 19 (Pages 269-271)

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 02:00:26 UTC

Trevors mother cared about him and didn't want him to have a bad future. But Trevor had to take a stand and leave and move out after school. Just because his uncle had a bad reputation the mother is scared for him.

Outside Source #4

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 02:01:28 UTC

This is the Eden park

Outside Source #5

mangasum000 — 2024-04-06 02:02:15 UTC

The most difficult moment in his life, losing his mother...