Heavy is such an intense book to read. Kiese laymon is the author of this book, he talks about his experiences as a a person that has been mistreated and abused by his own parents, babysitters and white neighbors in the community. His mother used to beat him a lot when he got a lower score in school. He sought comfort on food, he was stress eating it was like food was the only thing giving him warm. Laymon talks about the struggles that comes from being black and living in a society that still holds on to racism and discrimination. Heavy states ” Ain’t nothing in the world worse than looking at your children drowning, knowing ain’t nothing you can do because you’re scared that if you get to trying to save them, they might see that you can’t swim either.” This demonstrates that not even the parents can help their child and protect them because at the end of the day they can’t do anything to stop the pain and suffering from occurring, all they could do is watch and beg that to be stopped. Laymon shows that your struggles, your pain is the one that influences you to do better, to become someone that can bring change.
I like that you point out that quote. It shows a lot about the dynamic Kiese has with his mom. Kieses mom often tries to portray herself to be tougher than she may really be but moments like this show her true colors. In reality, she may be just as helpless as Kiese is when it comes to certain situations but she tries to be tough for the both of them to show Kiese that she is trying.
Great Summery, I also read few pages of Heavy but didn’t understand much, but by reading your summary I got a good sense of what it is about. I also like the image you used ?
You have a very good summary and good creativity . I liked how you explained what the memoir about then gave evidence to back it up. I love the image you placed at the end, it makes the summary more interesting to read.