![]() ![]() ![]() The setting is in New York where there is a mixture of both white and black people. I thought this because she wanted to be black like everyone else in church, because maybe God liked black people better, and one afternoon on the way home from church I asked whether God was black or white.” (McBride 20).įirstly, the setting perfectly adds meaning to this memoir and sheds light on James and his mother. It is probably out of this confusion that he says, “Mommy’s tears seemed to come from somewhere else, a place far away, a place inside her that she never let any of us children visit, and even as a boy I felt there was pain behind them. ![]() It may be a story however, one can easily identify it with McBride’s situation firstly, born of a white mother who seems to have everything wrong from religion to race, and then two black stepfathers a situation that leaves McBride torn between his true self and where he belongs in the society. ![]() The accuracy in this book brings out clearly the story of James McBride as he tries to understand the realities of life. Through his mastery in writing, James McBride brings out his story in a well-crafted manner whereby, the portrayals of theme, setting, struggles, and triumphs fall in place accurately, and they precisely depict the people involved in this story that is, James McBride and his mother Ruth McBride. ![]()
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