Push
was a very interesting book, one like I had never read before. The main thing
to get used to while reading this book is the dialogue, and how the author
writes. To some, it may seem almost illegible due to how uneducated the author
is, and how it shows through her writing. The author is a 16 year old African
American girl with not much knowledge besides street smarts. “I ain’ done
nuffin. I doose my work. I ain in no trouble. My grades is good.” This is just
one example from the text on how the dialogue can take some getting used to.
It
becomes almost hard to keep track of what is going on in the book with being so
focused on the incorrect spelling, and use of words. As the book goes on, and
the troubled author meets a teacher that works to teach her proper English, the
author’s writing becomes increasingly better. Although the grammar isn’t quite
as it should be, it is a noticeable difference and allows you to focus more on
the story. Precious, the author, takes up poetry after she meets her new
teacher, and shows a few examples in her novel. The formatting is different
than I have seen, but it is eye-catching. In the end of the book there are also
examples of poems the whole class has written, and it is fascinating to see the
difference from the beginning to the end of the novel.
This
book was very inspiring to me, and I would recommend it to anyone who may be
struggling in life, or someone who is interested in reading of others
overcoming their own struggles. I would not, however, recommend this book to those
that may be offended by some of the profanity and cruel language used in this
novel.
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