Analysis Of Between The World And Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates

In the reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, numerous ideas of our country’s past and present were brought up. Many of which, created thoughts or memories while reading. Although a number of sections from the book stood out, there were a few specific pieces that did. There were many great points within, but also, there were multiple situations where although I don’t disagree, I do have some questions about it. The author began the book with stories from his childhood. This specific story is one that stood out, “I was eleven years old, standing out in the parking lot in front of the 7-Eleven, watching a crew of older boys standing near the street” (18). They all yelled to him, he had done nothing wrong besides be an innocent young boy like he had always tried to be. Without reason, a boy will small eyes pulled a gun on him. Although, he did not
I think all the people around the world can admit there are some unpleasant, disagreeable people. All people may take in the information from this story differently than I did but it came to me as him grouping everyone into this class of terrible people. There are incredible, caring individuals that would do anything for their neighbor, mailman, or complete stranger walking down the street. No single group of people should be categorized together, everyone is an individual that gets to create their own story. I do not disagree with Coates opinion, I just question if it could be looked at in a different manner. The story of Ta-Nehisi Coates life was a remarkable read. I especially enjoyed the way he wrote it in terms of to his son. It created a fascinating twist to the entire story. Obviously, he had some great stories that were incredible to hear and also an interesting opinion in which I had some questions about while still enjoying what he had to set on the