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Conflicts In On The Come Up By Angie Thomas

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Imagine having a dream to be a rapper, just like your father who was murdered, but there are these conflicts that get in your way and your dream looks harder and harder to achieve. In the novel, On The Come Up, Angie Thomas demonstrates how the conflicts Brianna faces result in the growth of her resiliency. Throughout the novel, Brianna faces financial struggles, racial stereotypes and the struggle of trying to balance her passion for music against her family's expectations.

The financial challenges that Brianna experiences and that also affect her family strengthen her resilience. Bri struggles to live a normal daily life at the beginning of the book; her home hardly ever has heat, electricity nor food. Bri gets home from school and feels a little chill in …show more content…

(Thomas 16). Bri having no gas and no heat in her house forces her to find alternative solutions and become more resilient. Thai proves that not everyone has a good home, with heat and electricity, some people just like Bri need to find ways to adapt to the difficult situation. Having no gas nor heat in her house has an impact on Bri, Bri tries to stay in her house without wearing a warm, but she fails as it’s too cold in her house. Once Bri steps foot into the house she says, “ It’s not as cold as outside-I can take off my coat-but my warm hoodie is staying on. (Thomas 16). Bri cant even wear a shirt in her house since if she does, it is always cold, this shows the impact of having no electricity and heat and how it affects her. It also shows how neither she nor her family have control over their own environment, Bri is unable to meet her basic wants in her house, like simply wearing a shirt in the house in winter. Many people would just give up and not bother trying to find a solution but not Bri. Bri mentions, “We have to heat water in pots on the electric stove if we want to take hot baths and we sleep with extra covers on our beds. (Thomas 16). Bri developed

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