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=﻿Chapter two: Harlem= In chapter two, I read about Walter's life in Harlem. For example, he tells about the jobs Florence Dean had. One of then was when Walter was younger, Momma had a woman take care of him while she cleaned other peoples apartments and got paid by the day. Also, Walter tells about how he got jelouse when momma gave her daughters any attention at all. He loved talking to momma, too. In the chapter, they tell us alot about how he would sit with her and she would read her favorite magazines out loud to him. That is what chapter two is about in bad boy the memoir.

=Chapter three: Let's Hear It for the First Grade:= In chapter 3, Walter gets into trouble. This is because in this chapter Manuel and his class make fun of how Walter reads. "Dabba! Dabba! Dabba! Dabba!" Manuel taunts Walter standing inches from his face. He stopped that when Walter hit him in the face. He was then sent to the office. Walter liked the office, though. He thought "it was intresting to see the teachers come and go." He also liked the principal, Mrs. Flynn. Walters punishment was to write "I will never, never hit any student in Public School 125." 500 times. They moved from 126th street to Morningside Avenue. This is what chapter 3 was mainly about.

=﻿Chapter four: Arithmetic Summer= In chapter 4, Walter goes into 4th grade. His sister's husband, Frank, is going to be helping Walter with his math over the summer. Also, Walter talks about church and Mr. James. He talks about how "if he caught you throwing candy wrappers on the sidewalk, he would give you a whack with his open hand on the bottom hard enough to lift you off the ground." In this chapter, Walter was doing okay with a C+ in conduct. But then, one fight ruined it all. "Bunny" and Walter got into a fight. Walter pushed Bunny into the closet and he started to sniffle and cry. Then, Bunny swung at Walter and knocked him on the floor. Walter got blamed and was told his mom had to come to school with him. That is what chapter 4 was mainly about.

=﻿Chapter five: Bad Boy= In chapter 5, Walter tells about people who had come into his life. For example, Uncle Lee was let out of jail. Also, inn the chapter, the kids laughed when it was Walters time to speak in class. One day, Walter gave Sidney "the biggest punch he ever had." The teacher told Walter that until his mother came into class with him, he would not be abel to participate in class. He was too scared to tell his mother about it, so instead, he had to sit in the back of the classroom while other kids learned. That is what chapter 5 was mainly about.

=Chapter six: Mr. Irwin Lasher= In chapter 7, many things happened. For example, Viola and her husband got there own house in Queens and Geraldine moved up to 147th street with her husband Norman, so Walter got his own room. Walter was planning to have his birthday party. Not only was it his 12th birthday, but it was also his first birthday party he had ever had. Then, one day his mother woke him up and told him "I've got bad news. Your uncle Lee was killed last night." They went to Aunt Nancy's house in the Bronx. Walter stayed as Dad, Mama, and his cousins went to the morgue. Walter wasn't very close to Uncle Lee, so his death didn't really affect him but, his father was devistated. This is what chapter 7 was mostly about.

=Chapter 7: I Am Not the Center of the Universe:= In chapter 7, Walter realises that life goes on. His uncle Lee past away. Walter isn't affected by this personally but his father is torn. He is like a stranger to Walter because he's not being himself anymore. Walter could tell that the way his mom was acting was changing too. He assumed it was because of his father being so depressed. Also, he talks about his passion for reading. He say's, "I was perfectly comfortable alone in my room with a book, more comfortable than in any other situation." That is what this chapter was mostly about

=﻿Chapter 8: A Writer Observes:= In chapter 8, Walter talks about how Harlem is changing. For example, he says soon, apartments originally designed for one family were being cut ip into two and three family dwellings. By the First World War, he says "the community was a ghetto in the making." Walter also decided he wanted to write about people he see's around him. For example he wrote about how Mrs. Dodson was the "Wicked Witch of the West" and how momma hated Melba Valle who lived above them. She was a part-time model and dancer. She would get a broom and bang it on the ceiling. That is what chapter 8 was mostly about.

=﻿Chapter 9: Sonnets from the Portuguese:= In chapter 9, it's summer time for Walter. He is 12 going into 9th grade while most kids his age are going into 7th grade. He's playing basketball now, too.