Chapter 2:"To this day, you can leave me alone for hours and I am perfectly happy entertaining myself. I have to remember to be with people." (Page 29.)

Chapter 3:"There is something magical about Soweto. Yes, it was a prison designed by our oppressors, but it also gave us a sense of self-determination and control." (Page 41)

Chapter 4:"I became a chameleon. My color did not change, but I could change your perception of my color." (Page 56)

Chapter 5: "I was the product of her search for belonging." (page 63)

Chapter 6: "Every child is born at the center of their own universe" (page 77)

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

Chapter 8: "You see? You are getting to know me already." (page 111)

Chapter 9: "But Abel did not need a gun to put fear of God in you." (page 126)

Chapter 10: "The naked baby shoots you with an arrow and you fall in love." (page 129)

Chapter 11: "You don't need to be accepted for everything that you are." (page 141)

Chapter 12: "Ten words that might have changed my life if I had the courage to say them." (149)

Chapter 13: "Teddy and Trevor, thick as thieves." (page 153)

Chapter 14: "The most beautiful girl walks in." (page 168)

Chapter 15: "That was stuff out of lore. It was mythical." (page 187)

Chapter 16: "He was the friend that believed in you and saw the potential in you that nobody else did." (page 203)

Chapter 17: "They have served as judge, jury, and executioner for your entire childhood, and it feels like they give you a life sentence for every misdemeanor." (Page 230)

Chapter 18: "It had always been me and her together, me and her against the world." (Page 274)

Chapter 2: I also so enjoy spending time alone, one of my favorite things to do, is just sit and think and talk to myself.

Chapter 3: When I was younger, I was often forced to go to church, as some I liked, but some I did not. So in relation to Trevor, I too have several different memories associated with going to church at a young age.

Chapter 4: he has the opportunity to be in the higher advanced classes with white kids, but chooses to not, as he wanted his identity to be black which relates to a lot of situations in our society.

Chapter 5: relates to other chapters in the story, such as chapter nine. Similarly to this chapter, Trevor's mom's story can be connected to Batman, as he had many problems with his family and being able to feel "normal" as a child.

Chapter 6: relates to many people that I know and stories about when they were younger. The punishments they received did not sway them away, and they continued to do bad things despite these punishments. This can also relate to a lot of other forms of literature, where sometimes character's actions do not make sense, as they know they can be punished but they still go through with their idea.

Chapter 7: When I was younger I had a couple friends that would hangout all together every weekend, then I found out that they only stopped hanging out with me. I felt betrayed and never really talked to them again afterward, which closely relates to Trevor, as he got betrayed by someone else he cared about.

Chapter 8: is where Trevor speaks about his connection with his father. There are many stories I have read and seen where characters have a loose or no connection with their father. One example of this is Harry Potter.

Chapter 9: Trevor talks about not being able to fit in similar to me when I was younger, when I moved to a different school I felt I couldn't fit in.

Chapter 10: Trevor speaks about how he wants to be perfect without experience. This reminds me of my sister, as she always gets mad at herself when she doesn't understand something, and will go away from anything that she doesn't feel that she is good at.

Chapter 11: Trevor speaks about his difficulties with getting to school. While it is nowhere near the same level, I had many troubles with taking the bus to school. It was consistently late, missed my stop, and got bad enough I needed to have other people pick me up and drive me every day.

Chapter 12: Trevor speaks about not seeing his friend anymore and having no way to know what had happened. This reminds me of many times in Breaking Bad, where Walter couldn't get in contact with Jesse when he couldn't show up to cook with him.

Chapter 13: Trevor speaks about how him and his friends are always looked at like they are criminals because of their appearance. This is similar to how the robbers appeared in Home Alone. While this was meant to be comedic, it did portray the two characters as criminals from the start.

Chapter 14: Trevor explains Tom's hyper and talkative nature. He describes Tom the same way my parents describe how I was as a child. I was constantly talking and constantly wanted attention.

Chapter 15: Trevor speaks about his love for McDonald's. When I moved to North Carolina, I hadn't had Chick-fil-a or Bojangles, and now I cannot stop eating them. I understand Trevor's love for fast food.

Chapter 16: Trevor at one point speaks about how the massive amount of people cause him to not be able to hear things close to him. This reminds me of many times I have been to stadiums, where there is almost a bubble of sound that makes everything hard to hear when you walk out.

Chapter 17: Trevor speaks about how culture has emphasized the importance of trying to act tough and not show any weakness, which can be related to the song "Institutionalized," which is about how this idea perpetuates violence and ultimately causes more harm.

Chapter 18: Trevor speaks on the sadness he felt when he heard the news about his mom. I can relate to this, as when I heard my grandfather died, I was simply sad, but it didn't fully set in until I was at the funeral and people were talking about him like everything was final, which it was.

Ch 1: Hypophora "A guy grinding on a girl all night? No no no, that was forbidden," page 7.

Ch 2: Colloquialism "Look, I'll just say you were drunk, but don't do it again, eh? Cheers," page 22.

Ch 3: Apistrophe "Beyonce shits. The pope shits. The queen of England shits" page 43.

Ch 4: Rule of 3 "My cousins are black, my mom is black, my gran is black," page 59.

Ch 5: Aphorism "The homelands were, ostensibly, the original homes of South Africa's tribes, sovereign and semi-sovereign 'nations' where black people would be 'free'" page 64.

Ch 6: Rhetorical question "What? She can't be your mother boy. Can't you see?" page 81.

Ch 7: Polysyndeton "They'll come to me angry and crying and talking about how they've been cheated on and lied to" page 100.

Ch 8: Hyperbole "But then it will be a whole restaurant of nothing but toilets" page 105.

Ch 18: Rhetorical Question "Now who's the best looking person in the family, eh?" page 248.

Chapter 13:

allusion: "my mom used to call him bugs bunny" (153)

alliteration: "teddy and Trevor, thick as thieves" (153)

parallelism: " i knew every alley and every street, every every back wall to climb over, every fence with a gap big enough to slip through." (155)

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

polysyndeton: "i'd walk to teddy's house and we'd hang out there. then we'd walk back to my house and hang out there.

anaphora: "i was teddy's best friend. i was teddy's only friend. i was the single most likely accomplice."