Born A Crime - Jaylyn Brown by Jaylyn Brown

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Chaper 1: "The reason we went to three churches was because my mom said each church gave her something different." (6)

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Chapter 1: Illuminates that all churches aren't the same and each one teaches different lessons. Comparing the difference of churches can be important for finding faith and worthiness in going to church.

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Chapter 2: Being a mixed couple in times when it wasn't legal. Connects back to the Loving vs Virginia case.

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Chapter 2: "Where most children are proof of their parents' love, I was the proof of their criminality."(27)

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Chapter 3: "When you strike a woman, you strike a rock."(39)

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Chapter 3: Children hiding things from their parents because they are embarrassed no matter how far their parents take it.

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Chapter 4: "language, even more than color, defines who you are to people." (56)

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Chapter 4: During spanish class every time I learn something new it opens up many possibilities for me to communicate and connect with many more people.

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Chapter 5: "even if he never leaves the ghetto, he will know that the ghetto is not the world. If that is all I accomplish I've done enough."

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Chapter 5: When his mom spends all her money on books instead of anything else like fixing up the house. This connects back to our discussions about trade off in Economics by spending money on a book it's a trade off because she could have used that money for something else.

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Chapter 6: "It's better to take it, spend some time crying, then wake up the next day and move on."(91)

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Chapter 6: Writing letters to each other helps strengthen the relationship between him and his mother. This connects back to a book I read, "I Will Always Write Back" that depicts that no many where you are or who you are letters and connect and bring us together.

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Chapter 7: "You do not own the thing that you love." (100)

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Chapter 7: Relationships with dogs or pets can be just as important as with people. They bring comfort and are there for you and even though they can't talk or communicate their feelings, they can still teach you lessons just like how Fufi taught Noah.

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Chapter 8: "Relationships are built in the silences."(110)

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Chapter 8: When Trevor meets his dad again after awhile and is worried he wouldn't recognize him but as soon as he sees him he does, this could connect back to Elie Wiesel when he sees a women that he knew before in the camps he immediately recognizes her. It shows that is very hard to forget a face when you've been through something with them.

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Chapter 9: "I was the anomaly wherever we lived."(117)

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Epistrophe: "To this day I hate secondhand cars. Almost everything that's ever gone wrong in my life I can trace back to a secondhand car." (9)

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Anadiplosis: "Almost everything that's ever gone wrong in my life I can trace back to a secondhand car. Secondhand cars made me get detention for being late for school." (9)

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Anaphora: "Please say we'll just stay home. Please say we'll just stay home. (9)

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Rule of 3: "Get dressed. I've got to go to work. You've got to go to school. (13)

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Parenthesis: "They operated in teams known as flying squads, because they would swoop in out of nowhere, riding in armored personnel carriers-hippos, we called them -tanks with enormous tires and slotted holes in the side of the vehicle to fire their guns out of." (29)

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Chiasmas: "He loved the ladies, and the ladies loved him. (35)

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Rhetorical question: "This is my country. Why should I leave?" (31)

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Polysyndeton:"you go to the hospital and you heal and you move on and finally put the whole thing behind you-and then one day somebody tells you about parachutes."(31)

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Asyndeton: "but the white kids were always going shopping, going to the movies, going on trips- things that required money."(138)

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Parallelism: "I'd drop in, pass out the snacks, tell a few jokes." (141)

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Chapter 9: When the kids are sounding the mulberry tree and playing outside before they bullied him, it is like in "The Book Thief" when the kids all play soccer in the street and didn't accept her to play at first.

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Chapter 10: "Being more of a man doesn't mean your woman has to be less than you." (126)

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Chapter 10: Americans as well as south Africans have placed lots of emphasis on holidays such as Valentine's day.

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Chapter 11: "I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time I was all by myself." (141)

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Chapter 11: This could connect to most of our freshman year or being the new person in a new setting where we are surrounded by lots of people but feel out of place or alone.

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Chapter 12: "The minute I became somebody, I raised no longer being welcomed as nobody."(146)

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Chapter 12: Trevor has his first love ( apart from Fufi ) the lesson that we can all learn from this is that we miss all the shots you don't take. don't wait because you are too nervous, you have to just act on your feelings and to take the chance.

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Chapter 13: "These people had been so fucked by their own construct of race that they could not see that the white person they were looking for was sitting right in front of them." (159)

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Chapter 13: I can connect to when Teddy didn't tell on Trevor, my little sisters wouldn't tell on me if they got caught for something we did.

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Chapter 13:

allusion: "My mom used to call him Bugs Bunny; he had a cheeky smile with two big teeth that stuck out the front of his mouth."(153)

alliteration: "Teddy and Trevor, think as thieves."(153)

parallelism: "We were hanging out at the entrance to the stationery shop, leaning up against the gate."(155)

asyndeton: "The teachers, the pupils, the principal, everyone at school knew."(153)

polysyndeton: "There was this stationery shop that sold greeting cards and magazines, and it didn't have a door, so when it closed at night there was only a meta gate"(154)

anaphora: "This was my turf. This was my neighborhood." (155)

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Chapter 14: "I have no idea how girls work."(179)

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Chapter 14: I can connect this to all those teen romance movies in which someone gets a glow up than gets a lot of attention because of it.

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Chapter 15: "The money kept rolling and I was balling out of control."(189)

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Chapter 15: I can connect this to the feeling of freedom that comes with money and earning your own.

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Chapter 16: "The more money you have, the more upgrades you can buy."(207)

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Chapter 16: Their CD business was like a lemonade stand it's the type of job you don't apply for.

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Chapter 17: "I was more worried about getting in trouble with my parents than with the law."(229)

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Chapter 17: Parents approval trumps all. whenever most of us do anything bad we are more worried about what are parents will say than anything else.

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Chapter 18: "But where was your Jesus to pay your hospital bill, hmm? I know for a fact he didn't pay that." She smiled and said, "You're right. He didn't. But He blessed me with a son who did." (285)

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Chapter 18: This can connect to Night for how long his dad survived it was a miracle that he stayed alive for Elie until he wasn't needed. Just like Trevor's mom survived by a miracle.