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Dick Gregory's 'Shame'
Joey Dean
Mrs. Shamel
Composition I
9 September 2014
Reader Response #5
Dick Gregory’s “Shame” In Dick Gregory’s “Shame,” he tells his heartbreaking experience with being in love with Helene Tucker. Gregory goes into detail describing the poverty he was stuck in at the time. He spent the majority of his time attempting to impress Helene. He brushed his hair and always had a little handkerchief, so he wouldn’t have to pick his nose in front of her. When he decides to impress Helene by giving to the Community Chest, his teacher calls him out by saying she knows he doesn’t have a dad and calling him poor. Poverty brings many hardships, but it can’t become your identity. Poverty brought many hardships among Gregory. He was looked upon as the
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