The novel is about a writer named John Howard Griffin who decides to study how a black man lives in the late 1950’s. Mr. Griffin’s main purpose for writing this book was to show inconsiderate and immature white people were in the past. It also revealed how horrible black people were treated. (5) This novel is probably directed to young adults. It is directed to this audience due to the mature subject but also conveys …showed first 75 words of 806 total…

…showed last 75 words of 806 total…from the sound and smell to what the boys across the street is doing. (5) I think that the story accomplishes a lot. This was a big book that described the struggles in the mid 1900’s. It doesn’t raise many question only answers. It tells how we can help the situation of racism and how stupid it is to discriminate someone. This story is great and I think that I would recommend it to anyone. (3)