ROAR Blog #1:Grace After Midnight

Courtney Patterson

ROAR Blog
Oct. 2, 2009

ROAR Blog #1

Summary:
In the memoir called Grace After Midnight, by Felicia “Snoop” Pearson and David Ritz, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson’s life had many hardships. Her biological mother could not take care of her, due to the fact that she was addicted to crack. Felicia was born a crack baby and she had died twice, but she still wanted to meet her biological mother. After meeting her biological mother and sending only a small amount of time with her, Felicia realized that her mother was not the best person. Felicia’s mother had invited Felicia into her home and decided to lock her in a closet and take her clothing that she was wearing, so she could buy drugs. Soon after this awful event, Felicia decided that her forester parents, Mrs. Pearson and Mr. Pearson, were going to be her only parents because they actually loved her. Growing up was difficult because Felicia lived on a rough street named Oliver Street and she would fight people for her respect. She would fight because people would make fun of her because she would dress in boy’s clothing and she would also small. Felicia would also fight to keep the boys away from her, because she didn’t like boys in a sexual way like most other girls her age did. She was interested in girls. Felicia had also started to get involve with the drug scene that was taking place on her street and this is where Felicia had become known as “Snoop.” She received this nickname from a drug dealer that she called Uncle and he gave Felicia the nickname because she was sweet, but was sad like Snoop from Charlie Brown.
The Pages that are summarized is from pg #3-32

Quote:
Snoop said:“If you studied the streets like me, the truth was up in your face: Money made it happen.”(Pearson and Ritz 32).

Pearson, Felicia "Snoop", and David Ritz. Grace After Midnight. 1st ed. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2007. Print.


Reaction:
The authors, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson and David Ritz writing style was that there was a use of slang or dialect. Pearson and Ritz used slang as a way of trying to truly interact with their readers, because most people could relate to the use of slang. Their written style was that they would tell you what the chapter was going to be about by the first few sentences, because they were straight to the point. The details were giving later in the chapter. The quote from page 25 was telling the readers what was coming up in the chapter and this quote is important to understand because on Oliver Street, money always made things happened. Money meant power on Oliver Street, but it also meant that people will have to fight to keep their power and this would be seen later on in the book.