Born A Crime By Trevor Noah

The book "Born a Crime '' written by Trevor Noah makes for an interesting story about the conflicts in his life and his desires because he was born at the end of apartheid in South Africa. Throughout his book, Noah tells us about little stories that happened to him going through his childhood and young adulthood, and there are chances for him to conform to what everyone expects him to be. But he doesn't and keeps pursuing what he and his mother hope for him to be. His mother hopes for Trevor to be the one to break the cycle of conforming. When Trevor talked about being in "the hood" and how the majority of the people there were black, he could have followed suit and continued that life. Trevor talks a lot about him growing up in poverty, eating

At the start of the chapter, he was explaining that what isn't normal to us, is normal to them, like cops chasing around people on foot, by car and in helicopters. Trevor sold pirated CDs when he was involved in the hood, which on his scale was barely illegal. Because the people that sold guns, and drugs and committed felonies like murder and Grand Theft Auto were on the far right of the spectrum. Trevor made pirated CDs and sold the majority of them to minibus drivers because they always wanted more music for their customers. That wasn't his only way of making money, other ways included DJing parties and being a "nice" loan shark. Trevor was doing well for himself with his group making up to 100s of rand a day at a time which is more than what many people make in a day. Why wouldn't he keep selling CDs, giving loans and DJing parties when he was doing well? One day when he was DJing a party the cops came and when he was asked to shut down the computer it took too long for his liking and shot his laptop. After that, he stole stuff, anything that would be worth something. One day he stole a camera, he was going through the film and realized that that film was someone's life. That it meant something. But the day he went to jail for suspected grand theft auto was when he realized that he is better than that, and he can fix himself and he can stop what he started, which he