In this blog post I will be giving you an over view of the character James McBride and his life situation throughout the book. The character lives in a big family and very poor family as a kid he had to literally fight for food with his siblings even for a little crumb. He was only older than 3 other kids in a family of 12 which meant their would be a lot of bossing around for him. The older siblings would torment him and abuse him as if he was a stuffed animal. In the book a quote that shows him getting abused is," When I stuck my head in, he shoved me in from behind and slammed the door, holding it shut." (Pg.72 Hardback) James McBride was a shy character and he would imagine a world where he could be free and do anything he would like he would play with his reflection and think his reflection lives in a better world. Which shows that James is living a hard and emotional life during that part in hid life.
After James's stepfather died his mom did not know what to do and the house was turning into a mess and James started getting bad grades and decided to drop out of school. When his mom found out she sent him to his sister over the summer for summer school. But he would do worse stuff there because his sister was too busy he could do anything he wanted to do. He started meeting up with people in a place called the corner where they would do a lot of bad stuff including illegal stuff. But then he realizes he does not want to live a life like that and decides to go back to school. When he comes back to school he tries even harder and when problems arise he goes to God for help and James turns into a new character and has a new meaning for life.
