Thoughts/Feelings on Born a Crime - Clabo

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This book is already heading somewhere a lot more pleasant than The House of Spirits  even though they both involve cultural and political segregation. This story already has a more pleasant atmosphere to it, and I can feel myself getting attached to the story of Trevor Noah. However, while his ability to become, as he said, a "chameleon" in any situation was very beneficial, it must have caused some severe internal confusion. To claim to be a part of every tribe and to speak the languages to had to have made him struggle about his true identity. It very much fits the section about how his name does not have any South African meaning or translations and how this exemplified that he could be anything he wanted to be. I don't know where this story is headed, but with Trevor's appearance, intellectual and lingual abilities, and his experience with every way of life in the region I feel as if he could be a very strong uniting voice. At least that is my hopes, along with that I would like a book to have a pleasant end apart from the rest of the books we have read this semester.

I would like to know your opinions towards this book and maybe your ideas about where it is heading.

P.S. I commented on Hailey's and Rachael's posts.

Comments

Ezra Kennedy said…
I, too, felt a familiar air when I was reading and compared Trevor’s book with the House of spirits. Mainly because of the strong roles of the females on both. I also really liked the idea that Trevor was a chameleon, he has a certain “power” that allows him to, like you said, be anything he wanted. He’s in the middle and although he feels like he has to choose he could bounce back and forth and bridge the gap. I’m not really sure where it’ll go from here other than the way it already is, but we will see!!
April 7, 2020 at 1:27 AM
Addison Zanda said…
To me, it was crazy to see the similarity of being an outcast because of race. Kind of reminds me of the Civil Rights Movement. You couldn't belong to the group wanted because "it didn't fit their tribe." But, a lot can change from the feelings of the character from what is read to the end of the story.
April 7, 2020 at 7:21 AM
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