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Comparing Ruth's Story Of Ruth And Ruth By James Mcbride

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This book tells two stories. One story is about a James McBride, a bi-racial boy growing up in the 1960s New York with 11 siblings and a white mother. The other story is about his mother named Ruth and her life as a young Jewish girl growing up in the Americas. The two stores are told by switching every other chapter. James' story is written in regular front while Ruth's story is written in italics. Both stories are written in first person. James' real father died of lung cancer before he was born. His mother got remarried to another black man but he doesn't live with them. When certain topics were brought up to Ruth by James, Ruth would avoid the question. One of the topics consisted of a question asking James's mother how she was
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