Coming Of Age In Mississippi By Anne Moody

Part One: Childhood from “Coming of Age in Mississippi” by Anne Moody describes her experience growing up in the rural south as a black person. It follows Moody growing up as a child and the different experiences she went through. A main theme in this section of the book is Moody slowly discovering what racism is and being baffled by it every time she sees or experiences racism herself. The fact that Moody’s family is very poor is another theme that is brought up throughout the book. She talks about all the different jobs she had, starting from a very young age, over the years to help her family survive as well as many different job’s her mother had too. Moody’s family had to rely on help from others as well to survive. An example of this is