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No Grey Areas By Mark Johnston Analysis
The black and white imagery in the story reveals that no person is good or bad. In the short story "No Gray Areas" written by Mark, Johnston shows the white Mark and black Scott. Which causes each other to long for a gray area. Mark finds purpose in getting good grades. He has gotten black imprinted A's in a white report card. On the other hand, Scott was mischievous. Always got out of trouble and never does any work. Mark finds purpose in getting good grades. He finds out while Scott is challenging him to break free, that he isn't really doing this all for himself. He says, "Just once, how good it would feel, I often thought to myself" (4). Scott hasn't changed since 1st grade. He is bothering Mark to do something freeing. Mark realizes
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