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An author's craft that was used in this book is wording. It is very noticeable that there are many slang and inappropriate words used in most of the paragraphs. This creates a very dangerous and sad mood. For example, "A fu*king b*tch. Just like your mom (81.)" This shows how messed up the neighborhood Tony lives in is because rude comments like the one just said is always happening.
— Apr 08, 2013 07:20PM
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The main idea this chapter is to act before it is too late. In the story, Tony's mom have been beat up countless times by her abusive boyfriend;however, Tony never had the courage to fight back. This caused his mom to get beat up even worst. In the text it said,“lies my mother...her shirt soaked through with blood." His mom was hurt so badly that she had to be sent to the ER. This shows that Tony should have done...
— Apr 10, 2013 08:29PM
Mei Lin
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From the first line of the book, author's craft is shown. Devine starts off the story with a violent scene where Tony's mother is getting beat up by her boyfriend.In the text, it says" He hits her again, twice, dense flesh on flesh" (1). This hook really caused me to keep on reading. I think the author's craft used here will attract many readers to continue reader.
— Apr 03, 2013 07:52PM
