New African - by Andrea Lee

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Sumery:
The story takes place in the summer of 1963 in south Philadelphia, at New African Baptist Church. The story is about a young girl who’s father is a preacher at a Baptist church, and she’s the only person in her family who’s not Baptized. So all through out the story some people given her a hard time because she does not want to be baptized. Towards the end of the story she gets in to a struggle with her aunt Bessie who is pushing her very strongly to get baptized, but she refuses and gets out of the situation. At the end of the story it said the feather down the road that her father dies and, she never got baptized and, just stopped showing up at the church. But through out the story he close family never gave her a problem the supported her decisions, they loved her no matter what she did.


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Charters:

Sarah





Aunt May





Aunt Lilly





Aunt Emma






Aunt Bessy





Revern Philleps "Father"





Mother "no name was mentioned"



My responce:

I think that the story was well written, and the message was good. It stated a good point and the massed was clear towards the end. At the end of the book it makes you wonder and think what happens later on, did she ever get baptized, and It leaves you asking your self questions.


Theme:

The theme was 1963 in south Philadelphia at a Baptist church, and the story was a drama. The meaning of the story is “your family will love no matter what decisions you make.”


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