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

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

Chapter 4 (pg. 54) "I quickly learned that to bridge the gap was through language."

Chapter 5 (pg. 71) "My mom's attitude was, "I chose you, kid. I brought you into this world, and I'm going to give you everything I never had."

Chapter 6 (pg. 87) "Well, clearly you don't know how to hit a kid. That's your problem, not mine. Trevor's never laughed when I hit him, I can tell you."

Chapter 7 (pg. 97) "Fufi was the love of my life. Beautiful but stupid. I raised her."

Chapter 8 (pg. 108) "I never turned to bitterness, because she made sure I knew his absence was because of circumstances and not a lack of love."

Chapter 9 (pg. 123) "There was no subject too dark or too painful for her to tackle with humor."

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

Chapter 11 (pg. 141) "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."

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

Chapter 13 (pg. 159) "At a certain point, I felt so invisible I almost wanted to take credit."

Chapter 14 (pg. 173) "My mom teased the sh** out of me, though."

Chapter 15 (pg. 88) "People don't want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have."

Chapter 16 (pg. 205) "KFC found the black people. KFC did not play games."

Chapter 17 (pg. 227) "Anytime I got in trouble, it was tough love, lectures, punishment, and hiding."

Chapter 18 (pg. 274) "She was my teammate. It had always been me and her together, me and her against the world."

Chapter 2: I can connect Trevor's mother and father's relationship back to the Loving v. Virginia case. Both relationships were illegal and stood against time.

Chapter 3: I can connect this chapter to a lot of kids who feel easily pressured or embarrassed by their family's traditions and want to hide.

Chapter 4: This chapter resonates with many people because individuals often alter their personalities, language, actions, and voices to blend in with the crowd they are with at the moment. Like Trevor, it is a safeguard for people and a way to get an accessible spot in your crowd.

Chapter 5: I can relate this chapter to my life and my parents. They put a lot into making sure I have a good education and a better life. They pour everything into me and my sister so we can succeed in life and be better.

Chapter 6: I can connect Trevor and his mom's letter arguments in a way like me and my own. When my mother and I aren't serious about an argument, but it is still something that needs to be talked about, we talk like girls during brunch in our own unique way.

Chapter 7: This chapter can be related to anyone who grew up with a dog. You attach yourself to something that will love you unconditionally, and dogs do that. They become your protector and comfort.

Chapter 8: In a way, I connect Trvor and Robert's relationship to Elie and his father. The fathers both had a respected, quiet, and firm demeanor about themselves and could both be distant, but they also loved their sons and wanted to protect and care for them.

Chapter 9: Abel's anger is like a lot of stepfathers, and Trevor's fear is what a lot of kids are stuck in now.

Chapter 10: Just like in this South African school, Americans have placed lots of emphasis on holidays such as Valentine's Day beyond just celebration.

Chapter 11: Through food, humans can bypass social groups. No matter where you are, if there is good food, then you can get people to come as a collective, no matter what group they are in.

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

Chapter 13: I can connect this chapter to my sister and me. We wouldn't rat each other out, but we would both probably feel a strong sense to do it.

Chapter 14: Trevor's nerves for a dance and going with a date can be connected to a lot of kids who are scared of not being perfect or being denied. How much effort kids put into looking like the perfect image, sometimes out of fear.

Chapter 15: The struggle for kids to form a connection with anybody, especially if they are between two cultures.

Chapter 17: The harsh reality of race is an occurrence that happens to many people of color and other races who aren't white, abdf I feel like I could do that.

Chapter 16: "He ran the CD trade like a small business at the street market."

Chapter 18: "I can compare Trevor and his mom to Elie's dad night. Both children are desperate to protect their parents and would do anything to help them.

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

Anaphora: (pg. 39) "Please say we'll just stay home. Please say we'll just stay home."

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

Parenthesis: (pg. 29) "They were militarized. They operated in teams known as armored personnel carriers-hippos, we called them- tanks with enormous tires slotted in the side of the vehicle to fire their enormous guns out of."

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

Rhetorical Question: (pg. 31) "Wait, what? You mean we could have left? That was an option?"

Polysyndeton: (pg. 31) "You hit the ground and break all your bones, 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."

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

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

Chapter 13:

Asyndeton: (pg. 153) "The teachers, the pupils, the principal, and everyone at school knew: Teddy and Trevor, thick as thieves."

Alliteration: "Teddy and Trevor, thick as thieves."

Parallelism: (pg. 153) "We were hanging out at the stationery shop, leaning up against the gate."

Polysendeton: (pg. 154) "There was this stationary shop that sold greeting cards and magazines, and it didn't have a door, so when it closed at night, there was only a metal gate."

Anaphora: (pg. 153) "This was my turf. This was my Neighborhood."