Amit Roth
Mrs. Asselin
Language Arts ⅔
26 May, 2016
Light in Darkest Corners In “Amazing Grace,” by Jonathan Kozol, the “reporter” takes a walk with Cliffie through the South Bronx, seeing the foulness of its peoples’ lives. And yet, Kozol makes sure that we know一 in the darkest of the corners of our Earth, you will still find the light of joy and kindness. In dreadful places such as the South Bronx, you’d think joy would be something hard to come across, right? “Cliffie, as we set out onto St, Ann’s... seems as buoyant, and as lively, and as charmingly mysterious, as seven-year-olds anywhere.” (p.4 l.23-26) Even here, in a place where people aren’t expected to live long, and crime is common, even here, there is joy and happiness. In
Mrs. Asselin
Language Arts ⅔
26 May, 2016
Light in Darkest Corners In “Amazing Grace,” by Jonathan Kozol, the “reporter” takes a walk with Cliffie through the South Bronx, seeing the foulness of its peoples’ lives. And yet, Kozol makes sure that we know一 in the darkest of the corners of our Earth, you will still find the light of joy and kindness. In dreadful places such as the South Bronx, you’d think joy would be something hard to come across, right? “Cliffie, as we set out onto St, Ann’s... seems as buoyant, and as lively, and as charmingly mysterious, as seven-year-olds anywhere.” (p.4 l.23-26) Even here, in a place where people aren’t expected to live long, and crime is common, even here, there is joy and happiness. In