All American Boys Character Analysis

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I’m comparing two people from my book All American Boys, by their identities. The two people I will be comparing is Quinn and Rashad. Quinn is a black boy who tries to keep his twelve year old brother Will from the law, as well as himself. He goes to parties a lot and drinks, with his friends Guzzo and Dwyer. When he saw a fight in a movie theater he and his brother left quickly so the police didn’t have to question him about what he witnessed. His mom found a bottle of liquor in his room and then yelled at him and later said it was because she loved him. Rashad is also a black boy. He tries to avoid being arrested for shoplifting, resisting arrest, and public disturbance, all of which he didn’t do. While being arrested, the (white)policeman

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