The Dark Child : The Autobiography of an African Boy

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Summary: In response to reviewer's, AaLii " AaLii ", review......
Review: If you haven't read the review previously posted by the above said, you might find reading it before reading this review to your avail. I would first like to say that I am a sophomore in high school, and have read The Dark Child for an honors english project. You use words that were probably brought to you by using a thesaurus and referring from a more basic word of the same meaning. YOUR writing is very choppy. I am taking the following STRAIGHT from your review, and would LOVE to hear what is wrong with it: "...you will be put off by the poor writing and the utter directionlessness of this book...". can YOU tell me what is wrong with this?! I'm assuming, with the utmost belief that you are a complete idiot, that you DO NOT see the error of your ways, when in HELL did "directionlessness" become a word?!?! I mean, come on! You obviously are not too bright, and I don't think that you could possibly write, in such an elementary fashion, your opinion that, "...you will be put off by the poor writing and the utter directionlessness of this book..." I also think that you completely missed the point of your teacher giving you the assignment. She gave you the assigment to give you an example of literature coming from a place where not too many authors are known. It's a different point of view on the world, but obviously you are too simple minded to understand what the author has gone through. This book is a fine example of the pride that these people have in their lands and customs. The author has captured the very emotions of the people. He shows the reader the difference in the people's beliefs and priorities. He helps you to be able to put yourself in his shoes, and understand why he believes what he believes and why he does what he does. I think this book is very well written, and a very good story.

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Summary: Good portrait
Review: Laye offers a compelling portrait of what life was like, for him, in the early 20th century French colony of Guinea. It offers vivid detail about life, social customs, village relations and the like, as well as an interesting exploration of the significant differences between village life and city life. Some have criticized Laye for offering an overly romanticized

It was a colony where the French had privileged status and the black Guineans were second class citizens and forced labor used. But Laye can't be reproached for writing about what he lived and what he saw; perhaps a more political work would've been less biographical. Must every memoir be political?