He is not a martyr for hoodlum nonsense, as the public depicts. The public treats him as a kind of menace, suggesting that perhaps he earned his execution, but Bri knows the true sorrow of his death, and she sees the truth about his death. In this story, Bri loses her father in a horrific instance of gang violence. Her story shows that the culture is really only interested in Bri's story if they can cast her as a trouble-making menace to society.

Through empathizing with Bri, the reader begins to understand the systemic issues around fame and the historical disenfranchisement of Black people in popular media. Bri as an archetypeīri serves the narrative by becoming an archetypal character over time. They symbolize the Darwinism of the ghetto.

How many people really understand what it's like to be forced into violent combat, just to go to school? But in her community, the fights are an everyday part of life. When she gets in fights at school, that can be seen as a symbolic portrayal of the brokenness in her culture, and also it shows the stakes of her daily life. The fightsīri's difficult life is painted in symbols. She realizes that she doesn't really have a lot of power over how her art is perceived. The whole dilemma symbolizes the drama of guns in the public eye, but it also symbolizes the idea that society believes (in this novel) that of course Bri supports gun usage-she's a Black person from the Hood, and she's a rapper. But, the issue of gun control quickly takes precedence, and the media paints her as a gun-supporter and hoodlum. When Bri tries to make art about guns and violence, which she abhors, she casts herself in the role of a gun-toting gangster, in the same artistic style her father used. In the public eye, she receives the same treatment, but of course she is not a trouble-maker, she is the victim of systemic issues. But, that doesn't stop the authorities at school from calling Bri a standard trouble-maker. She is young, but yet, she is the responsible one in her home: her mother is barely functional and spends all her energy trying not to relapse back into her crack cocaine addiction, and the only other adult is Aunty Pooh who is a drug dealer.

Written by people who wish to remain anonymousīri is a good kid, but her home life is difficult. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

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