Our America Book Report
Lloyd and LeAlan’s take on the Ida B. Wells
Introduction This book is called Our America: Life and Death on the Southside of Chicago written by Lloyd Jones and LeAlan Newman (1997). The nonfiction book is not part of a series, therefore it stands alone. Not only is LeAlan and Lloyd the authors but they are also the main characters in the novel. LeAlan and Loyd grew up in the inner streets of Chicago. They know from first hand what is is like to live here, because they both have lived here since they were born. They both live just on the opposite sides of the Ida B. Wells. In fact, the Ida B. Wells is directly in the middle of the walking distance from one house to another. Where they live is a very sketchy place and there is a lot of violence. There is a field in-between their houses where the shoot-outs occur and take place. They have seen murders, stealings, shoot-outs and another gang-related crimes.
Literally Object This book mainly focus’s on the murder that took place in the Ida B. Wells. Five year old, Eric Morse was murdered after he refused to steal candy from a store. Two boys ages 10 and 11 took the five year old and dangled him from the 14th story window. Eric’s brother Daniel grabbed him and pulled Eric back inside. The older boys did it again and this …show more content…
They opened up and told people what they experienced on an everyday situation. The best element of the book was how the boys talk and explain things. They were always cracking jokes and explaining it there way and how they viewed it. Thats why this book was very enjoyable. Some negative aspects of the book was that they talked about the Ida B. Wells half way through. If they talked about the Ida B. Wells a little sooner they could get more detail in before the end of the book. In the beginning it sounded like more of a memoir of their life until they talked about the Ida B. Wells. Thats how they could make book better and those are the negative aspects about the
Introduction This book is called Our America: Life and Death on the Southside of Chicago written by Lloyd Jones and LeAlan Newman (1997). The nonfiction book is not part of a series, therefore it stands alone. Not only is LeAlan and Lloyd the authors but they are also the main characters in the novel. LeAlan and Loyd grew up in the inner streets of Chicago. They know from first hand what is is like to live here, because they both have lived here since they were born. They both live just on the opposite sides of the Ida B. Wells. In fact, the Ida B. Wells is directly in the middle of the walking distance from one house to another. Where they live is a very sketchy place and there is a lot of violence. There is a field in-between their houses where the shoot-outs occur and take place. They have seen murders, stealings, shoot-outs and another gang-related crimes.
Literally Object This book mainly focus’s on the murder that took place in the Ida B. Wells. Five year old, Eric Morse was murdered after he refused to steal candy from a store. Two boys ages 10 and 11 took the five year old and dangled him from the 14th story window. Eric’s brother Daniel grabbed him and pulled Eric back inside. The older boys did it again and this …show more content…
They opened up and told people what they experienced on an everyday situation. The best element of the book was how the boys talk and explain things. They were always cracking jokes and explaining it there way and how they viewed it. Thats why this book was very enjoyable. Some negative aspects of the book was that they talked about the Ida B. Wells half way through. If they talked about the Ida B. Wells a little sooner they could get more detail in before the end of the book. In the beginning it sounded like more of a memoir of their life until they talked about the Ida B. Wells. Thats how they could make book better and those are the negative aspects about the