***There are quite a few "******". Fill them in with your imagination ;)
The book, Black Boy. The main character, Richard. Richard may be a typical black kid in his era of time, but right from the get-go we find out 3 very WTF (What The F) pieces of information. He burned down the house, he killed a kitten, and he became a drunkard at 6. Honestly, My first impression of this kid is were you roomates with Brittany Spears or something. Being a screw-up at 6 is pretty impressive, but the fact remains that he is a glutton for attention. All this attention given to the main character seems plain dumb in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, there are jillions of attention whores roaming the Earth today, but as far as I know, they haven't done anything this drastic. I've been able to deduce that Richard is either a very ***** attention whore or he's a masochist. It seems that after his mother and father got divorced, he seemed to stop his LUST for attention (It's about time you little ****).
In this heavily reputation-influenced world, it is important to be acknowledge by those around you. Your portrayal and rep. is simply based on what kind of person you are and some other superficial things that I don't have a desire to delve into. Attention earned not taken.
I agree with your argument [although maybe not the wording xD] but, I must say, I don't agree that it's a reputation-influenced world as much as pre-set stereotypical world. If it were based on reputation, it'd be somewhat different. Not enough of the slaves[as they were when brought there sadly] were dumb/rude/scummy enough to make them be what most of the 'white' people made them out to be when they were there and at the point in time where this book is set.
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