Digging Deeper
Even though there were many hints at the events that occurred near the end of the book of The White Boy Shuffle , I was still not ready for it. I think to me, it just really confused me why he was so instancing on this suicide. He is a successful man, a person who became a celebrity by chance and pure natural talent. There are many people in the world who would do anything to be in his shoes, yet he wants to get out of it. I think after pondering on this subject for a long time, I finally got a sense of his reasoning, but I still have many questions of my own. I think one of the reasons is simply the pressure it brings and the lack of value it means to him. He never chooses to want to do any of this. He simply wanted to play some basketball with some friends, yet he is dragged through all of this. Even though he is kind of famous, he seems really tired of all the attention. Everyone is concerned about what he does and to a point, it must be very tiring to him. Yet, we as readers ca...