Paul Volponi Rooftop Analysis

Paul Volponi is a very well educated author. Each book he writes comes from the experience he has witnessed around him. Many of his ideas come from stories he had heard from teens who were in jail for a crime or drug addiction. He listened to their story and helped them through their situations. In the book “black and white” There are two high school basketball players who get their friendship put to the test after a very big mistake. In “rooftop”, one young man must prove himself while being surrounded by gangs and violence. Volponi uses his writing to bring the reader in and show them things that really happen.

In the book “black and white” it is similar to “rooftop” because of the setting. The book “black and white” takes place in a poor neighborhood. And because of the setting it really affects the story and what the characters do. And since Marcus and Eddie are in high school they get pressured into things more easily, but …show more content…
Even though they are written by the same author the writing changes a little bit between books. For example the way “black and white” is written is in two parts the same story is told by two different people while “rooftop” does not do that it’s just one person telling their story. And in “black in white“ the author the author writes about everything seems a little more detailed. Just like on page 14 volponi writes “I was breathing harder than ever. Every part of my body was on fire.” right after Eddie fires his shot volponi really tells the reader how he is feeling and how he is reacting. Then he changes to how Marcus feels about what just happened and everything that is racing through his mind. And when Eddie does get home volponi does a good job of creating the picture on page 14 “ my right hand was in my pocket, still wrapped around the gun. I could smell that it had just been fired” with both of the quotes the author shows the reader that Eddie is very shocked as to what