Claude Brown's "Manchild in the Promised Land"

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This paper summarizes and analyzes various aspects of Claude Brown's autobiographical novel, "Manchild in the Promised Land". The paper explains the significance and meaning of the title, analyzes the main character of the book, and describes the structure, style, and tone of the book, as well as Brown's use of poetic devices.

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"Claude's family has moved from the South to New York City. They, like many Southern blacks then, hope for more opportunity. Claude's Harlem childhood, though, is filled with violence, arrests, guns, knives, drugs, and alcohol. He turns into a juvenile delinquent. Claude wants to better himself, but feels conflicted between being the "coolest cat" in Harlem (or reform school) and escaping Harlem. From11, Claude attends Wiltwyck and Warwick. He receives encouragement from Wiltwick's director Mr. Papanek, and imagines life outside Harlem. He keeps getting pulled back in, though, by Harlem's exciting lure. Finally, after seeing friends killed and other friends' lives ruined, Claude finds strength to leave Harlem."

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