Old Story Time

Old Story Time
Book Report


Name: Deamber Fonseca
Class: English

Summary

Author: Trevor Rhone. Title of book: Old Story Time and Smile Orange. This book tells about a mother who was enslaved by her past. She grew up in a society, “which was taught, anything that was black wasn’t good” and also that black signifies failure and hard ship, while white signifies prosperity and advancement. This belief was passed down as a result of slavery and has followed her throughout her life

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Old Story Time

This book tells a traditional story in a rural community. The tradition of the story telling idea originated from Africa.
             
              This book tells about a mother who was enslaved by her past. She grew up in a society, which was taught, “anything that was black wasn’t good” and also that black signifies failure and hard ship, while white signifies prosperity and advancement. This belief was passed down as a result of slavery and has followed her throughout her life.
              The story tells of a single mother by the name of Miss Aggy also called mama, who lived alone with her son Len and beside her lived her best friend Pa Ben. Mama would normally beat her son Len for associating with black persons in the community; especially girls of his age group. She would tell her son what it she wanted for him is and what is best for him; also that if he does as she said, and then he wouldn’t have a problem.
              As the years go by Len had left home to study overseas and his mother was getting really worried about him but after writing her she felt much better. In one of the letters that she received from him he told her that he was married and send a picture of his wife who was a black woman; and this got mama very agitated. She also thought that Len’s wife Lois was turning her son against her. Pa Ben who was secretly keeping in contact with Len told mama that it was... [continues]

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