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Claude is in Wilwyck and he's doing the same bad things he did when he was at his hometown.
Claude had to go to court with his father. Going to court with his father seemed like his worst thing ever. Claude's father tried to tell him how to act and what to say in court. Claude thought to himself that his father shouldn't be the one telling him what to do, because he's been in and out of court so many times. Claude found it strange going to court with is father, because it was the first time, and he's been going with his mother all the time. Every single time the judge said something to Claude's father, he would get upset because all Claude's father would do is nod his head up and down. ''Kicking him dead in his ass'' is what Claude would do when he got big enough, if he seen his father nod his head at any white person again in his life.
Going back to Wiltwyck is where Claude wanted to be, after spending time at court with his father. Stealing something and getting into alot of trouble is what Claude wanted to do. to me wanting to go back back to Witwyck, and getting into trouble is going to put Claude right back in court, so i don't understand him when he says he wants to go back to Wiltwyck, and get into alot of trouble.
While Claude is in Wiltwyck, according to the book, Claude an the boys are very bad. Being in Wiltwyck doesn't make sense to me for the fact that the boys in Wiltwyck aren't being taught to do better in their life. Even though the boys that are bad who go to Wiltwyck, and suppose to become good boys by the time they come out, they aren't making any progress, and they are still taking part in the terrible acts just like they used to do when they were home.
While reading, Claude and the other boys were being taught things by girls from Vassar college. The boys at Wiltwyck were told to treat the girls nice, and they they did. The girls from Vassar college took the boys from Wiltwyvk to have a picnic at their college. The Vassar college had a lot of bikes, and the girls from Vassar college told them that they could could ride them, but to make sure that they put them back where they found them. I found that to very stupid, because if you know that the boys from Wiltwyck are bad, then why would you give them consent to ride bikes that don't even belong to the girls. Some boys went back to Wiltwyck with broken parts from bikes that they were permitted to ride.
When Claude came back from Wiltwyck on a visit, he acted the same. Claude wanted to act hipped. Wiltwyck destroyed his relationship with friends that he had before he went off to Wiltwyck. Claude didn't know who people were after coming back from Wiltwyck. Claude only wanted to hang out with his new friends from Wiltwyck. The only time Claude would even see his old friends, such as Tito, and Turk, is when he needed them, other wise Claude had no clue to where his old friends were.
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'' If a bitch ever tells you she's only got a penny to buy the baby some milk, take it. You take it, 'cause she's gon git some more. Bitches can always git some money.''
(Brown, 109)
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At this time in the story Claude was listening to one of his new friends named Johnny D, that he met when he came back from Wiltwyck. I really want to say that after reading this quote, Johnny D isn't lying, he is so true. what i don't like is the fact that he's calling women the B word, because it is very disrespectful, but it came out of Johnny D's mouth and not mine, because i know i won't ever, ever in my life for as long as i live call a women that rude name, because it's not right. I'm sure that if anyone ever called Johnny D that name he would beat them up. The reason why i say this quote is so true is because i had experience before with that same situation. Women have money, and you know that they are going to get more even if they tell you that it's their last penny. Back in the old times, may be when there was segregation, women always had an education, and boys would be the one with no sense of education, and because of that men didn't make that much money. people may have other opinions on this quote, but that's how i feel. I like the dialect that's in this quote, because you know that the person who said this quote is from down south, and since i wasn't born in down south i like to get a feel for the dialect,because mines is boring,i would like to speck something else then just plan old english, really.
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