Cup being the main character deals with the sadness of her mother when she says in the book "It was then when I began to cry" when she says that it shows the true reaction showing her love and affection to her mother, after her mothers death the radio played Cup's dad realized the song that was playing on the radio was the favorite song of her Mother and Cup, once he realized he quickly turned it off but as Cup's words put it "It was too late and I began to cry".

One of the other characters talked about was Levi being the brother Cup hates with all her heart as we know Levi and Cup don't live with each other which is a good thing from knowing they fight a lot and do not get along very well the way Levi and Cup put it "Our fights were no joke" shows the true seriousness of the fights they had and the hatred towards one another. To the point where I am at another character is being introduced with the name being Uncle Jr. as Cup calls him "Her favorite uncle" even thought he is the only uncle in the family it explains the love she has for him based on the things he has most likely done for her or the moments they have lived together which will most likely get talked about further in the book.

Cupcake deals with confusion as her mother had just died and now has to go with her biological father that she calls Mr. Burns, He was never interested in her or her brothers life until they're mother passed. Cupcake was confused learning this because her whole life she thought her dad was someone else so she was in disbelief when they told her she reacted by saying, "This ain't my daddy". Cupcake and her brother Levi now have to live with Mr.Burns because he is their biological father.

In the memoir "A Piece Of Cake" we learn that the protagonist, Cupcake is a very strong minded person who is not afraid to tell anyone what she really thinks. We also learn that her legal name is La Vette but her mom calls her cupcake or cup for short and her dad often calls her Punkin. But even though cupcake being strong minded may seem like a good thing we quickly learn that it is what plays into a lot of her dilemmas for example, her relationship with her brother Larry. Through this we can see how her personality can sometimes cause her to get in a trouble as she is always fighting with him and is always looking to take revenge on him, even going as far as trying to poison him. Yet at the same time her strong mindedness is also what so far seems to have gotten her through such difficult situations like her moms death and her being raped. Because even in times like these where she is full of resentment and feels like giving up she doesn't and instead attempts to forget about it and not let it affect her, even when deep down she is hurting bad. We also known that Cupcake is a person who is very fond of both her parents despite the fact that they are divorced. And she also has a very close relationship to her Uncle Jr. who she describes as someone who she feels truly loved by because of how he practically saved her life.

Along with cupcake we also meet her brother Larry who is at first described in "A Piece Of Cake" as someone evil who Cupcake will seemingly never get along with because of how constantly they are fighting. However as get further into the book we see that he in a way has started to care more about Cupcake. Maybe it happened as a result of their moms death and them being put into the foster system together. An example of this would be when he asks Cupcake if she is okay and he appears to be genuinely concerned after seeing she can't walk well. But even so, Cupcake did runaway on her own not caring much about him and leaving him behind. But we might still see more of him because the author didn't mention not seeing him again which she did do for her biological father who she actually never saw after that.

Another character in the memoir "A Piece Of Cake" who seems to play an important role is Uncle Jr. who Cupcake knows loves her for sure. The author says this because Uncle Jr. left her in the car one day and told her not to mess with it unless she wanted to get whooped but when Cupcake touched something and ended up going down a hill her Uncle rushed out leaving everything behind just to save her. And as Cupcake states, it took seeing her uncle's face as she was going down, to know that he truly loved her. And even after that her uncle lied to Cupcakes mom so that she wouldn't get in trouble. We can also tell that he is a good person and formed an important role in Cupcakes life because of how he offered to take care of Cupcake and her brother Larry so that they wouldn't have to go with their biological father and also because of how Cupcake states that he never changed his number or his address so that they could always reach out to him when they needed his help.

Even though Cupcake is pretending that she doesn't care, deep down she hopes to get out of Diane's house and leave the foster system, that has put her through abuse time and time again. However these hopes began to die down on pg.71 when Cupcake states "But after four months after my being returned to Lancaster, the system unequivocally confirmed it really didn't give a shit about me." This quote is something Cupcake says after she is removed from Diane's house because of the nurse who had checked up on her and found Diane's whip marks all over Cupcakes back. After Cupcake is removed from Diane's house she is placed in a different home but only ends up being there for about a month. Until she inevitably is returned to Diane's house just like she has been every time she believed that it was over and that she had finally escaped. And her saying this after repeatedly being taken away from Diane just to be put right back with her just shows how Cupcake still had some hope in the system that only truly left after this incident, as it made her realize that no matter how hard she tried the system always failed her. Making her see that the system was just as messed up as everything else in her life. Which further pushed Cupcake into realizing that she was on her own and would have to find a way out by herself even if she had to turn tricks for it.

Read the following quote from A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown and reflect on how you deal with problems in your own life with either running from them or fixing them. Then, use evidence to write an essay in which you defend, challenge, or qualify the implications made.

"I was grateful to be in school because it allowed me to get away from Diane during the day."

Loss

Read the following quote from A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown and reflect on how the loss of somebody affects yours, or another persons life. Does being closer with the person who passed away affect how you deal with the loss? Then, use evidence to write an essay in which you defend, challenge, or qualify the implications made.

"I don't know how I knew she was dead. I'd never seen death before. I just knew."

Differences

Read the following quote from A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown and reflect on how you deal with not getting along with another person. Do you think it's okay to not get along with your own family? Then use evidence to write an essay in which you defend, challenge, or qualify the implications made.

"...my brother, Larry. I hated Larry."

In a well written essay, develop your position of how the detrimental affects abusing drugs causes a young individual that may help make them build their character in the future . Use evidence from your personal experience, observations, and readings to support your position.

In this excerpt from the memoir "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown the main character Cupcake is a black teenage girl that takes advantage of how people of color are usually targeted and accused of stealing in order to distract the officers at a store from her white friend Dot who used her color to get away with stealing because both Dot and Cupcake knew that it would be easy to get away with stealing if done through Dot since

"She had to execute confidence and superiority. She had to be convinced of the fact that, as the white person, she was the good one, the safe one, the trustworthy one."

Like Cupcake and her friend Dot there are some situations in which people can take advantage of their race knowing that it may play a part in the appearance or impressions they create.

In a well written essay supported by evidence consider if race can influence appearances and be used to ones advantage.

Naivety

In Cupcake Brown's memoir "A piece of Cake" the teen protagonist Cupcake begans to get involved in a world of sex, drugs, and alcohol following her mothers death as she that in doing so she has become a grown adult but really her naivety remains and becomes present when she chooses to ignore the adults who are tyring to guide her in a better direction.

"Alcohol poisoning! Crazy white women! Wasn't no such thing. At least I'd never hear of such a thing. Rat poisoning, yes. I'd even tried it on an enemy or two. But alcohol poisoning? No way could alcohol be poison. Only a few sips and any fool could tell that it was happy juice!"

Like Cupcake their are teens who believe that being mature means drinking alcohol, doing drugs or having sex but even if they believe they have grown up most of the time they haven't so their naivety remains which can cause them to get into more trouble because they are too naive to listen to the adults who are trying to guide them.....

In a well written essay supported by evidence consider how a teens naivety can affect the decisions or actions they take. ...

Obstacles

Read the following quote from “ A Peice of Cake” a memoir by Cupcake Brown which revolves around the obstacles that the teenage protagonist has had to survive following her mothers death.These obstacles have caused Cupcake to runaway and have a change in perspective since she went for turning up her nose at the people  who ate the half-eaten burgers from a McDonald’s trash can to eating them herself. As Cupcake states 

“At first, I said, "Ugh!" and turned up my nose at the thought. But, being hungry and with limited funds, I soon followed their lead.Besides, I'd tell myself, after the never-ending beans and half-cooked meat you've had to endure, these trash-can burgers are like steak!” 

Like Cupcake, many people can go from judging other to then facing those obstacles themselves. And as a result of them going through such experiences  their mindset tends to change from someone who turned their nose up to someone who understands why certain people are living through such conditions. 

In a well written essay supported by evidence consider how the obstacles people face throughout their lifetime can change their perspectives.

In a well written essay develop your position on if having missing parental guidance either defines or changes the way someone acts. Use appropriate evidence from your readings, experience, or observations to support your position.

"As i ran; because of the pain and shame of what Pete had done to me because i missed my momma, cried because of Diane's abuse, cried because i missed my daddy and uncle Jr ¨

In a well written develop your position if running away at someones lowest point is fixing their problems or hurting them more. Use appropriate evidence from your readings, experience, or observations to support your position.