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We just finished reading “Amazing Grace” by Jonathan Kozol. Kozol went to the South Bronx and met a little boy named Cliffie. Kozol was taken by Cliffie on a walk in the neighborhood. He learnt that this city is harsh. There are lots of meanings in this story, this story shows that everyone struggles with something in their life right now. Everyone struggles, therefore sometimes people are sad and stressed. In Amazing Grace Cliffie was telling to Kozol how once he gave homeless man his pizza, kozol asked “Did your parents get mad at you?. This is a weird question in my opinion because I think people need to help people who are hungry. When kozol and Cliffie were walking around the neighborhood they saw, “dozens of whom are standing just

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