Theme And Setting In Coming Of Age

Part I of Essay
Throughout Anne Moody’s life she shows her disgust toward most whites because of the way they act toward the blacks. She tells of beatings, killings, and of those who are run out of town. She speaks of some whites such as Mrs. Claiborne and Linda Jean Jenkins as very decen ....

Part II of Essay
.... of school and her teachers throughout her childhood. She often speaks of competition with Darlene over their grades, how she became homecoming queen, and how she started a trend with her tight jeans. She had many antidotes from her school life. She spoke of her embarrassment at lunch when she had such a poor lunch. She talked about how Adline and Junior would follow her around at school and how it embarrassed her. Mostly though she talked about her grades and what a good student she was. She told how she became the tutor for Wayne and his othe ....