Shivam Patel
Block # 1
The Skin I’m In, Literary Analysis Essay
In the book, The Skin I'm In, by Sharon G. Flake, Maleeka realized that everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
People are judging Maleeka because of who she is. “John-John says to me, I don’t see no pretty, just a whole lotta black, before I know it, three boys are pointing at me and singing that song too.” (Flake,25). Maleeka notices how people like John-John make fun of her and three boys sing a song about her. Those kids are saying these things without getting to know Maleeka. The key aspect discussed is, Maleeka feels down about herself because of these people making fun of her and makes it more difficult for her to bring herself up. “They got on my case about every …show more content…
For example, a new boy came to school recently and no one would talk to the boy because he would wear weird clothes and he would smell different than most people in school. People in my class especially would call him names like “fat kid” or “smelly pit”. After hearing my classmates and even people outside of class making fun of him, I started forming judgments about him in my own mind as well. I avoided talking to him or else people will make fun of me as well. At one point, I had to be partners with that boy in class so I made up my mind to talk to him a bit and see how he was. When I started talking to him, he turned out to be a very funny person and also very nice. I really got to know him better and I learned to get to know someone before I judged them based on opinions I already have. In short, I know from this experience that next time, before forming opinions in my mind, I should try to talk to the person and get to know them.
People in school make judgments about Maleeka and Miss. Saunders in the book The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake. Then, those people judge them based on what they look like or what they do, but you should first get to know the person instead of being entitled to your own opinion because, like me, you’ll see that many people are entitled to their own opinions about someone without getting to know that
Block # 1
The Skin I’m In, Literary Analysis Essay
In the book, The Skin I'm In, by Sharon G. Flake, Maleeka realized that everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
People are judging Maleeka because of who she is. “John-John says to me, I don’t see no pretty, just a whole lotta black, before I know it, three boys are pointing at me and singing that song too.” (Flake,25). Maleeka notices how people like John-John make fun of her and three boys sing a song about her. Those kids are saying these things without getting to know Maleeka. The key aspect discussed is, Maleeka feels down about herself because of these people making fun of her and makes it more difficult for her to bring herself up. “They got on my case about every …show more content…
For example, a new boy came to school recently and no one would talk to the boy because he would wear weird clothes and he would smell different than most people in school. People in my class especially would call him names like “fat kid” or “smelly pit”. After hearing my classmates and even people outside of class making fun of him, I started forming judgments about him in my own mind as well. I avoided talking to him or else people will make fun of me as well. At one point, I had to be partners with that boy in class so I made up my mind to talk to him a bit and see how he was. When I started talking to him, he turned out to be a very funny person and also very nice. I really got to know him better and I learned to get to know someone before I judged them based on opinions I already have. In short, I know from this experience that next time, before forming opinions in my mind, I should try to talk to the person and get to know them.
People in school make judgments about Maleeka and Miss. Saunders in the book The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake. Then, those people judge them based on what they look like or what they do, but you should first get to know the person instead of being entitled to your own opinion because, like me, you’ll see that many people are entitled to their own opinions about someone without getting to know that