The biography I read was Stealing Home by the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon Robinson. In this biography Sharon has a various amount of themes and tones that she uses throughout the book. It varies from showing lots of respect and dignity for her successful father. The book’s setting is set in many different cities but, all in the state of Connecticut, such as Stamford, Washington, Brooklyn and etc. The family would travel a lot on vacations or even little shopping trips. Sharon (Jackie Robinson’s wife) and her children were all very well-known of course and was treated special when attended events and went out together. Sharon Robinson has two other works called “Promises to keep: how Jackie Robinson changed America” and, “Jackie's
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She is a songwriter, music producer, and vocalist. Throughout the book but mostly in the beginning she was very informative about her father and what he did. Sharon Robinson’s father; Jackie Robinson, was an African American man who broke the color barrier by being the first black male on a major baseball league team. He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers which wasn’t the easiest thing for a while because of all the discrimination towards him within the team and fans. During that time the country was mentally split by the colors black and white. Sharon Robinson wrote about how her father participated in many tireless clubs supporting the civil rights act. Sharon also wrote about how her childhood was growing up with the starlight on their family. She would watch videos in class about her father with him in it and would explain how uncomfortable she felt watching it with all of her white friends. “I nearly jumped up from the bench that I was sitting on. Boy! I thought. What is this? My brothers were boys my father was a man. Couldn’t Mr. Rickey see that? I felt myself get warm, I began to fidget, I felt even more self-conscious. I hated him talking to my father as if he were a child and then calling him “boy,”
She is a songwriter, music producer, and vocalist. Throughout the book but mostly in the beginning she was very informative about her father and what he did. Sharon Robinson’s father; Jackie Robinson, was an African American man who broke the color barrier by being the first black male on a major baseball league team. He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers which wasn’t the easiest thing for a while because of all the discrimination towards him within the team and fans. During that time the country was mentally split by the colors black and white. Sharon Robinson wrote about how her father participated in many tireless clubs supporting the civil rights act. Sharon also wrote about how her childhood was growing up with the starlight on their family. She would watch videos in class about her father with him in it and would explain how uncomfortable she felt watching it with all of her white friends. “I nearly jumped up from the bench that I was sitting on. Boy! I thought. What is this? My brothers were boys my father was a man. Couldn’t Mr. Rickey see that? I felt myself get warm, I began to fidget, I felt even more self-conscious. I hated him talking to my father as if he were a child and then calling him “boy,”