She was ready to pay for any price when she discovered how bad the white people despised the blacks. Essie Mae was nine years old when she got her first job in a white lady’s house (Moody 15).Īnn Moody’s involvement in politics began at a tender age when she was still a teenager. Their mother could not afford to buy them enough lunch. When the three children went to school, Essie Mae who later changed her name to Annie Moody after her birth certificate could not be changed Adline and their brother Junior went without lunch to school. Their lives were always characterized by drama (Moody 7). The parents from the farm came running very fast so as to rescue their children. He did not like to stay at home looking after the children. One day as they were at home with their uncle, his stupidity was seen as he tried to burn up the house while the children were inside. Their uncle, George Lee was given this responsibility.

The busy schedule of Negro parents had forced them to always look for someone to take care of the children. The book captures a tough life of poverty which the Negroes lived. Carters’ house who the narrator‘s mother had always talked about (Moody 7). Their parents were working for very long hours from Monday to Saturday. The narrator was almost four years old and her sister was past half a year old. She was beautiful and always sang as she walked to and from work. Father Diddly had married the narrator’s mother Toosweet who was known for her liveliness. Overviewįrom the first chapter, the struggles of life in black families started from their young age. This essay will discuss the importance of this book and show how racism had brought suffering to the blacks making them to live miserably though they worked very hard. To free herself and her people from slavery, Ann Moody had the urge to join civil rights when she was a teenager because she realized how much blacks were humiliated. The blacks knew no rest and their happiness was all around hard work, poorly built houses and small salaries in contrast to their counterparts the whites who lived in well furnished houses, ate balanced diet and lived luxuriously.

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