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Black Boy (Cliffs Notes)

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I believe that Black Boy is a great book. The author was honest and did not try to make himself seem like he was more pure and good in his childhood than he really was. The autobiography was the life story of a lot of young Black boys growing up in the Jim Crow south.

When I read this book for the first time in nineth grade, I thought this book was really boring because the author kind of put too many descriptions. But once I understood what the story was about and kind of accept the fact that he included a lot of details, I really liked the book. Infact, I actually liked the descriptions that he wrote. Because of this book, I was motivated to write a twenty page autobiography for my english class. Now I am a senior in high school and I have just decided to read this book all over again, and I find it even more interesting now because I understood it even more. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about the history of African Americans. I hope more high school students will read this book because it is a well-written book. Thank you.

This book has a pretty good beginning and seems to flow really well towards the middle, but the whole other half has barely any point to it. It's a bunch of political stuff which makes it boring. The ending makes me dissappointed also.

I'm a senior in Highschool and as far as forced reading goes in highschool the book is one of the better "School Books" I have read. My major compaint with the book is that when the author is only 6 years old he seems to have to high of an elevated thinking level for his age. He ponders the mysteries of the world and develops complex reasoning. This does not fit a 6 year-old. my second complaint is that he could not have remembered all of his thoughts at age six when he wrote the book much later in life. I am 17 and I can't even remember my thoughts when I was 15. How many of you can honestly remember your "Sophisticated views on the world" when you were six. I believe this book isn't famous for being well written or even an honest biography but rather because of the subject and time it was written on. (This review has been generated on behalf of an extremely bored student waiting for a download to finish)

This cliff notes was published prior to 1991 - when the book Black Boy was republished with both Black Boy and the later American Hunger as one book. This only covers part 1 of the new version of the book that most people have to read. Save yourself the money and buy another "help" book - check the publication date...

the book lacked a lot of interest , i read it about a few weeks ago in school , me being a high school junior and thought that the book was very boring and that i should not have to read it , by this time you are probally saying to yourself thats what all kids say , but it is very , very true , i live in a town in the north eastern part of the country were i never experienced the subject of seguration but i really don't care i know that to prevent the past we must read and learn about it but i really honestally don't care what some little kid when threw as a kid, i do not view myself as a racist person but i feel that i don;t need to lear about it , thank you for takeing the time to read my review and i was grateful to write one for you Thanks you