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**__lisette__ __d. Black and White essay__**

In the book black and white Eddie and Marcus were faced with making good choices which was difficult for them because if they did make a good choice.This theme relates to my life because I have had to make a lot of good choices, like when I sat on my moms mirror accidentally but my sis got in trouble for it and she got punished for about a month and couldn't use the computer.But I didn't tell my mom it was me because I would get in trouble,I felt bad for getting her in trouble. Eddie has to make a good choice to either choose to go to st. johns for a scholarship or to turn himself in and go to jail for 19 months like Marcus only Marcus might get his jail time shortened when he tells the police that he was the one who shot the man.he might not go because of his race this book is all about racism and the judges and Eddie and Marcus making good choices.And Eddie has to make a bad choice to abandon Marcus or a good choice to turn himself in to the police.

One example from the book that relates to the theme that I chose: eddie and Marcus were robbing a man and eddie accidentally shot the man,but Marcus took the blame for eddie shooting the man.eddie wants to turned himself in but if he does he's going to jail.one example of eddie feeling bad about Marcus getting in trouble is when eddies father was talking about Marcus saying "its where he was born its either rob or be robbed" and eddie thought"if he only knew".

One theme in Black and White that also relates to my life is friendships are difficult, but necessary because when I'm going through a difficult time my friends help me.like when I was having relationship problems with my father my friends help me figure out a way to explain to him the problems in the relationship.my father said"I'm sorry mi hija I didn't know" I said"i know". another theme that's also found in Black and White is overcoming adversity is possible if you have people to support you.the reason why I also chose this theme is because when Eddie and Marcus were in trouble they had they're basketball team they're parents and siblings to support them through everything they went through.Their basketball team fully supports Marcus because they know he's innocent they believe its because of his race that he is going to jail.But what they don't know is that the man only identify him and he was also of the same race so i believe race has little to do with the fact that he's guilty.

As you can see the theme that i chose is mostly expressed in this story in many ways.