In the book Bad Boy, it talks about Mr. Walter Dean Myers family history. In chapter one on page 3, his mother name was Mary Dolly Green, she after giving birth to Imogene. His mother had five children: Gertrude, Ethel, George, Walter, and Imogene. George was the only brother he had. His father George Myers had 2 kids which was Walter’s stepsisters Geraldine and Viola. Florence Dean was his father’s first wife which, Walter considers his mother. They decided to move to Harlem with Herbert and Florence
In the book, Bad Boy, Walter Dean Myers talks about his family in chapter 1 called Roots. On page 3, the author said, ‘Shortly after birth of my sister Imogene, my mother died…’ That tells you that he says that he doesn’t have a memory of his mother, Mary Dolly Green. Walter has 3 sisters, Imogene, Ethel, and Gertrude including his stepsisters Geraldine and Viola from his adopted mother Florence Dean. On page 3, the author said, ‘When I think of ‘mother’ I think of another woman, my father’s first
The book ‘’ Bad Boy’’ was written by Walter Dean Myers. The name of chapter one was roots because it tells you were he came from, and the people in his life. On page three, Walter talks about the event of his mother’s death, after giving birth to Walter’s sister. Although his father was left with seven children, a man named Herbert Dean {Walter’s adoptive father} Adopted Walter, and toke Viola and Geraldine to their real mother Florence Dean {Walter’s adoptive mother.} On pages four through five
The book, Bad Boys, by Walter dean Myers, is a very interesting book. In chapter 1 roots it talks about his father and his mother. On page3 it says that Walters birth mom was Mary Dolly Green. Mary died when she had viola. Mary had 5 children: Gertrude, Ethel, George, Walter, and Imogene. It also says he thinks of his mother as Florence dean. That is Herbert first wife. In chapter 2 on page 7 it said he called Harlem home. Walter loved the music. Walters’s mother wasn’t an outside person. Later
In the book “Bad Boy” written by Walter Dean Myers is the memoir about his history and his journey of Childhood to Adulthood. In chapter 1 called “Roots” Walter talks about his Ancestors and how History can always have some kind of effect on us. On page1, Walter Talks about one ancestor in particular named Lucas D. Dennis. Lucas was one of Walter’s great-great uncles that were owned by a plantation owner named Steve Dandridge before the Civil War. Lucas was ninety- four years old. He was born in
In the first chapter of “Bad Boy” the title called roots was to give background knowledge of Walter’s history. On page 1 Walter says “I learned about master the people by family stories, census records, old photographs, and the case of Lucas D. Dennis. Walter’s great-great-uncle Lucas D. Dennis was a slave in the 1800s. Walters’s birth mother is Mary Dolly Green. She was a tall and fair complexion lady. She died right after having Walter’s sister Imogene. Walter doesn’t think Mary Dolly Green is
The book that I chose to read for our book review was Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers. The book tells the story of Walter and his relationship with race and social class. While not first understanding the implications of “being black”, Walter begins to see how his race affects him and the ways in which the world interacts with him. Walter is raised by his father’s first wife and her husband, who to him are his parents. Walter has a love for church and his neighborhood and takes great pride
certain way about something and then they change the way they feel about it. Both The Pearl by John Steinbeck, a fictional story and the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers are about this. The Pearl is about a man named Kino who finds a pearl, then his wife Juana says that it is giving them bad luck and he needs to throw it back into the ocean. Kino, Juana, and Coyotito then try to go to the capital to sell the pearl but Coyotito dies, so they do not end up making it there