We Beat The StreetAnalysis

Setting Newark

Urban Filled with crime and gangs Diverse

Chapter 1 Sampson – dark curly hair, honey-gold skin

Brother Mother

Strict, physically hits children when they do something wrong

Gets hurt by fixing park bench Stone falls on him Goes to the hospital

Introduced to the medical fieldHe is fascinated by the process of

medicine

Chapter 2 Rameck Attends Catholic School He gets bored in school Spends a lot of time in the office in trouble

Was sent to the office because he was throwing pencils in the air to hit the ceiling

Principal seems to think putting Rameck in a lower class will solve all of his problems

Principal wants the tuition bill paid, makes a point to tell Rameck Rameck becomes upset

Gets into a fight With someone who bully’s him

The fight goes unnoticed Goes home and sees his grandmother He expresses concerns about his school Grandmother says she will talk to his mother about transferring schools.

Chapter 3 George Likes school Has a good relationship with his teacher Get insulted by a woman. He learns

that people judge. Starts to think about college

Chapter 4 Sampson dreamed of becoming a

baseball player Area in which they played in was filled

with weeds and unpaved area Sampson gets caught stealing icees.

Learns a lesson not steal.

Chapter 5 Rameck gets money from grandma for

acting pictures (G & T program) Give it to his mother for bills. Grandma warned him not to trust mom.