Coats 'Between The World And Me'

Based on the reading the book called “Between The World and Me” it is obvious that Coats has a hard life based on the situations he has told his readers. Because of his fear and exclusion, it definitely plays a part on his self-concept. For example, he says “there the boy stood, with the gun brandished, which he slowly untucked, tucked, then untucked once more, and in his small eyes I saw a surging rage that could, in an instant, erase my body”. I think this relates to his self-concept because he says “just that quick my body could easily be erased”, which he is probably thinking to himself that he has no meaning in this world considering the fact that the other young boy didn’t have any sympathy for his life. When you think about the situation