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A Literary Analysis Of Born A Crime

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Born a Crime was very good at combining comedy and tragedy. One example is in Chapter three. The entire chapter feels like a comic relief, but also setting up some key characters and themes. “When [Trevor] was about five years old..I needed to go, but it was pouring down rain..Then I had an idea. Why bother with the outhouse at all? Why not put some newspaper on the ground and do my business like a puppy?”(43) This part seems a bit weird, but it allows Trevor to set up his mother as a person who believes heavily in God. “‘Yes!’ My mother said. ‘Help us! Pray, Trevor. Pray to God to kill the demon!’”(44). It is a very smart way of building character combined with humor. Another example is chapters nine and ten. Chapter nine is where Trevor discovers
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