get a better life. On the other hand, those who work hard will have the ability to get a better life. People living on the street, people who give up on themselves, and those who living in their cars after losing job are examples of poverty. The state or condition of having little money, and means of support and condition of being poor is what is meant by “poverty” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poverty). Poverty is a main theme that appears in James McBride’s The Color of Water. In most area
as they were disallowed to marry a different race. With the belief of being the better race, white people would verbally or physically attack African Americans. In James McBride’s memoir, The Color of Water, both son and mother retell their pasts with conflicts, racial identity, and racism against their ethnicity. Although James McBride’s and his Mother’s experience with prejudice differences, they both shared experience of racism
parent’s history can do more than bring back memories for them; it can also subconsciously influence their children’s personality for later on in life. But what would happen if there was a lack of reminiscence with a parent’s child? Would their children still be influenced later in life by their parents without having as much information? In The Color of Water James McBride was raised by a mother who kept her history to herself, sharing very few details when her children brought up the subject. His mother’s
especially when it comes to Hebrew. They are foils to each other. Mameh and Tateh are both static and flat characters, they do not change like Ruth and James. Although they are minor characters in this novel, they play an important in shaping Rachel's (and eventually Ruth's) life. In James McBride's The Color of