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In a bad neighborhood A kids Alfred does something bad and his friend goes to jail for robbery and Alfred joins a boxing gym near and goes through the pain and hard work to do it all. In the end it all gets him out trouble.Robert Lipsyte is a good author that wrote a story on i boy that joins boxing gym.In the stories The Contender by Robert lipsyte, the author use dialogue to develop the characters.
The book is about a boy that lives in a bad environment and is introduced to boxing. The character are not well thought and they are not the smartest. Major said to Alfred “Look slave, you don’t have to come with us. No. All you got to do is disconnect them wires on the burglar alarm.” No.” He like to communicate with every body. Alfred fought

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