me as so poignant here is how Pee-Wee’s imagination runs seamlessly from his unconscious to conscious ... is stolen and he must learn to deal with the harsh realities of life: loss, deception, and ... humiliation. Growing up means, in part, learning to come to terms with the irreparable rift within us; that the ...
that “the novel’s advance print run of 200,000 [copies] sold out at once; 1.5 million copies were sold ... so doing, Roots prompts investigation into the complicated ways people learn about race from ...