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“I am no bird, and no net ensnares me, I am a free human being with an independent will”-Charlotte Bronte. Sometimes, we face challenges that sometimes capture us from making those important decision in life. It could be our appearance or the way we interact with society which it “ensnares” us all. All of these details mold us in the way we are. In the story “The Skin Im In” By Sharon G. Flake, Maleeka’s negative experiences and relationships have helped her mold into an isolated and anti-social person. This can be proven because Maleeka is a dark skin colored person, with hand-made clothes, and is usually humiliated because of her appearance and possessions. She also has a teacher in which she does not want to even talk to the teacher or Ms. Saunders. her appearance is very strange to her and Maleeka is afraid that this woman …show more content…

She is always trying to escape his humiliating jokes and she tries not to show that she is humiliated in front of everyone. She constantly wishes to disappear before anyone else include themselves into John-John’s crusade against her. Their pessimistic relationship makes her desire to “fit-in” practically unaccountable for. Maleeka’s clothes, appearance, and status among others acts as an inducement for John-John so he can easily aggravate Maleeka. According to the text ”Seems like people have been teasing me all my life. If it aint about my color, it’s my clothes” What this quote suggests is that Maleeka is usually targeted either by her clothes or her skin color. She is never left alone and bullies always end up getting through those barriers and use this other tribute against her. John-John’s insolent behavior spreads to everyone there and becomes something everyone knows about, and that is what Maleeka wants to stop, the constant feeling of this dissing being spread and then pushed down onto her. This is what is abolishing all of her chances of fitting

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