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A 4 page book review of Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land, which was originally published in 1965. This is a novel that is a thinly veiled autobiographical account of Brown's childhood and adolescence growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and 50s. In a clear, lucid writing style that brings alive the era and the environment of Brown's background, the author paints a picture of deprivation, brutality and hardship in unflinching detail. No additional sources cited.
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up in Harlem in the 1940s and 50s. In a clear, lucid writing style that brings alive the era and the environment of Browns background, the author paints a picture
of deprivation, brutality and hardship in unflinching detail. A remarkable aspect of this work is that Browns account is totally lacking in any sort of moralizing or self-pity. Browns portrayal
is realistic, also, in that the reader gets sense of what was pleasurable in his past and what it meant to him. However, the underlying sentiment is not only a
quiet sense of pride in having survived, but also deep regret for the Harlem residents who did not, as many of the people Brown knew feel victim to crime, poverty,
alcoholism and drug addiction. The primary plot consists of the narrative of Browns life. The beginning of the book recounts his problematic childhood and early adolescence. Not only does
Brown relate his problems-- truancy, beatings from his father, getting shot while stealing sheets from neighbors clothes lines and nearly dying--but he also conveys to the reader the thrill and
appeal of the activities that kept him perpetually in trouble. As Brown waits to be sent to a youth detention center, he states that he "began to feel sorry
for myself. I began to blame Danny, Butch and the Kid for my present fate...But then I thought, aw, hell, it wasnt their fault--as a matter of fact, it was
a whole lotta fun" (17). As this statement suggests, Browns story includes a plethora of characters, friends and relatives who play significant roles in Browns life. By in large
these characters serve as contrast to Brown, the survivor, as so many of them did not survive. For example, Brown watches as his younger brother succumbs to heroin addiction. At
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