November 9th

 Today in class we were told to look up a story called The Rockpile made by James Baldwin. The story was about siblings named Roy and John and them living in a bad neighborhood where lots of crime happen. One day John notices some of Roy’s friends calling him down. Roy ends up telling John he’ll take 5 minutes but once John is done with his drawing Roy still isn’t back. That’s when John notices roy and his friends fighting that’s when John sees a can get throw at Roy causing him to bleed close to his eye and fall. While reading we were told to answer a total of 11 questions and share our responses when randomly picked

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