Analysis Of The Book Makes Me Wanna Holler

The novel Makes Me Wanna Holler discusses the problems of the black Americans from an insider’s prospective. When I say black Americans, I mean from the cultural issues, fatherhood, family, and how blacks working class families are anything, but lazy. Nathan recalls his troubled childhood, rehabilitation while in prison, and his success with the Washington Post. The novel helped me understand the mindset of black males and why some choose to be affiliated with gangs. Additionally, I learned that bouncing back from a hardship time help you regain strength because Nathan went threw a lot. However, I did not relate to the novel, but I understood the concept of it. The title of this book speaks out loud about the inner struggle that he encounter.

As we read in the book, Nathan is easily influenced by his surroundings. I said that the novel is about being pressure because when you do not know who you are as a person you tend to try and find yourself by doing things that does not pertain to you. Teenagers in particular tend to get influenced by the lifestyle of their peers. However, some teens have the courage to resist the pressure and be themselves rather than being the one amongst a group. In the novel McCall was the teen who got influenced by Jerome Gary also known as Scobie-D. Everyone feared and esteemed Jerome, but Nathan respected the respect that Scobie-D demanded. According to Arnold King “ McCall like many other black men felt the weight of a nation on his shoulders because any sense of failure reflected not only on himself, but also on his family and his entire race”. This quote refers back to the book when black parents focus their children to behave in public and if they did not they would get in trouble because the child behavior was the reflection of how their parent raised them. Although, pressure can be harmful and detrimental it can also be beneficial as well. Nathan McCall is an example of that because he came from being a trouble juvenile to a professional