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Summary Of Blood Is Thicker

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What would you do if something happened and changed your life forever? Would you be afraid? The novel Blood is Thicker written by Paul Langan and D.M Blackwell is a non fiction novel. It is about Hakeems family moves from California to Detroit because his dad (Henry) had cancer. They can no longer afford their home or anything else. Part of the movement was because of the cancer and they wanted to keep the family together. There moving to Detroit with their uncle James and his wife and kid ( Savon). Savon and Hakeem used to be close when they were kids but friendship grew away as they got older. Hakeem and his family is really upset. He's leaving back family,friends , school, and his girlfriend Darcy. He thinks of ideas so his family can …show more content…

Savon has a problem on who to choose between his friends family or himself.He love his family and friends too. HE shows it roughly. But , he also wants to take care of himself. A quote that supports this from the book is , “ Savon slams his shoulder into Hakeem chest , slamming and crashing him into things in the bedroom wall (page 84).” This quote is expressing the physical fight between Savon And Hakeem because of Savon going threw Hakeem diary. Another quote is “HAkeem comes through, a punch crushing into Hakeems chest! (page 83)” This quote is also expressing the fight that they had. Lastly another example is “Savon en charging Hakeem like an employed lion (Page83).” This quote also is from when Hakeem and Savon were fighting because of the Diary. This is the last part of the fight. All pieces of evidence from the book is from the fight.The reason they fought leads to Savon not helping even more and staying out late with friends because he's jealous of …show more content…

Hakeem helped around alot.He helped around in the furniture store the most. He also kept the family together because of his dad's cancer. He didn't want the family to fall apart.A quote that supports this is”Uncle James ad saved worked for months so he could make Hakeem do it for more help(page 51).” This quote explains how James was saving work and needed help in the furniture shop and Hakeem helped. Another quote is “I didn't want to help but, I did it for the family (page 89).” This quote explains how Hakeem wanted to go out and be a kid but he knew the situation and crisis the family was going through so he helped. Lastly , another quote thats supports Hakeem helping in the furniture store is “ I want you to keep an eye on Savon to just see what he's doing.” This quote also explains how he wants to see what Savon is doing. This took place after the fight but, before they found out Hakeem was a rapper and

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