Voice and Point of View
One part of the story is told from Rachel's point of view. Rachel tells her story in an interview of her past life. She describes the hardships she went through as a child all the way until she became an adult. Her voice of sadness and despair are in her words. It would be right to be sympethetic to her autobiography because not many people go through the pain she did. Rachel suffered through racism and being shunned by her family. "You're out of the family. Stay out. We sat shiva for you. You can't see her." pg. 216. This influences the story a lot because it shows how back then, society didn't give people much of a chance to be independent
and how hard it was.
Another part of the whole story is told from James' point of view. James tells his story as he if he were describing his childhood and his adolescent years. He describes all the racism he faced and how he would be able to deal with it. It was fairly hard for him to grow up with a white mother......
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