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Chapter 2: Harlem10/4/10
=== In Bad Boy Walter moved in with Florence Dean (Mama) and they always read and do work together. One day Walter was bored and threatened Mama that he was going to break Gerry’s watch. In the text it said that Mama said sternly “Boy go in that living room and play!” After that Walter got his show and his dad’s show and broke Gerry’s watch. When Mama heard that he broke the watch Mama gave Walter a good spanking. Every Sunday Walter went to Sunday school and sang holy songs with the lady who picked him up in the streets of Harlem. Lastly when Walter had a lot of icy pops, he was rushed to the hospital because the red juice hit his stomach like a bomb. ===

Chapter 3: Lets hear it for first grade! 10/4/10
=== In this chapter it talks about Walter being in first and second grade and how he always got into fights. I think that if that ever happened to me my mom would of sent me to catholic school. Water always was receiving C’s or below. When everyone got a job, Walter got his own pair of house keys and he thought that he could do whatever he wants when he wants. Lastly on the last day of school Walters teacher failed him just because she didn’t like him and when he showed Gerry, she reminded him that he was being promoted to the 4th grade. ===

Chapter 4: Arithmetic Summer 10/4/10
=== One of Walter’s Big sisters Viola was married to a black soldier Frank Law. When Walter received all of those bad marks on his report card, Frank offered to help Walter with his arithmetic. Walter already knew arithmetic and he thought that it was his best subjects. At first Walter was almost not allowed to go to bible school which he loved. Each day of his tutoring, Walter had to do 100 math problems and if got any wrong, he had to do 600 more. For some reason Walter always fell asleep on the couch watching the street light turn red. In 4th grade, Walter’s teacher said that if he did anything wrong that he’ll be sorry. When Walter stayed home 1 day he vomited and then Mama took him to the hospital and then a doctor felt his stomach. Then they decided that he needed his appendix out ===

Chapter 5: Bad Boy 10/5/10
=== In this chapter, Walter tried to lynch (hang) a kid named Richard beacause Richard starred at the sun one day and the sunn affected his eyes and then Walter and this other kid took advantage of him and the tried to hang him. I think that if that were my child I would be watching him like a hawk beacause other kids (like Walter) can take advantage of him and actually harm or kill them. When you read this it makes you think where are their parents and why are they reading an article in the news paper about lynching? Walter got the title of "Bad Boy" in the 5th grade when he got in trouble and his teacheer told him personaly that he is a bad boy and she made ihm stand in the cornor. ===

Chapter 6: Mr. Irwin Lasher 10/6/10
===** This chapeter is about how Walter had the best summer of his life and how he traveled all over the city of Harlem with Mama. In Harlem, white people wore suits and ties to work but the slaves wore bright colors.The white people who came to Harlem were colorful. Colored women fought with White women in Blumstein's for bargins. There were to categories Walter had as firends; people he played ball with and everyone else. Every morning, Walter played ball with the kids who were just reaching their teens. Lastly when Walter came home from the library, the older kids would tease him. **===

Chapter 7: I Am Not The Center Of The Universe 10/10/10
===** This particular chapter was very sad for Walter. Uncle Lee was killed when he was drunk and he was coming home from the bar and he was walking home in a dark ally. Some people mugged him and the he was killed. If this ever happend to one of my family members, i would be sad beacuse wasn't hs wife or someone whatching him or with him??? Walter was in the Special Group for school. He still loved to read and right and he only knew two people when he first got into the Special Group. Luckily, Walter does not get into fights anymore ad he is getting goood grades and all of his teachers like him. **===

Chapter 8: A Writer Observes
===** This chapter was intresting beacause it talked about Walter describing how he was in Harlem when he was 13. Also the chapter talks about how Walter sat outside on his door step and when a stranger or neighbor walked by, he wrote in a notebook and described the people who walked by. I find this particular chapter strange because what 13 year old boy would sit outside on a door step and write about random people walking by??? Usually 13 year old boys play outside or they are on the phone. **===

(Write about your neighborhood)
===** My neighboorhood is very busy. There are alot of cars going by and a lot of noisy city cars. Also a lot of people walk by. Something you don't see often is buses dropping off kids. They go by but they don't stop to pick up or drop off kids. Where I live is crazy because once every 3 months there is a car accident when you turn the corner. I find that dangerous because people can get seriously hurt or they can be killed. Lastly there hasn't been too much violence aroung since something bad happend over a year ago. **===

(5 intresting facts about the chapter)

 * 1) === Walter told the reader that poor peple lived in Harlem and that they wantred alot of things but they couldn't afford them. ===
 * 2) === Walters grandfather arrived at their house and he didn't like the place to much. ===
 * 3) === Walter wasn;t happy that he attended an all boys high school. ===
 * 4) === Walter never studied so he earned poor grades in high school. ===
 * 5) === One day Walter was walking to school and Mickey and him an old lady getting mugged. ===