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Textual Analysis Of Bad Boy
In the story, or memoir of bad boy by Walter Dean Myers of chapter 8-12. Walter to change dramatically and I am here, to tell you all about it. In chapter 8 of bad boy “A writer observes”. Walter had begun to see the world around him more differently for example “As I grew older, I began to see things differently” But Walter saw it in more than one way. And that way was in racism “later Eddie told Eric that I couldn't come because i wasn't white." And with that he began to see things around him differently.

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