Why do you think Walter finds it difficult to write about his own community and Harlem? What is ironic about his dilemma and the way he communicates it to readers?
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Why do you think Walter finds it difficult to write about his own community and Harlem? What is ironic about his dilemma and the way he communicates it to readers?
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Chevy Griner
9/7/2012 12:58:06 am
Walter doesn't really write about his home town for many reasons.One of his reasons is that he doesn't believe it's exciting enough.Of course I don't find Guyton interesting either,even though other people might like the historic from it.Walter also likes exotic places such as the country.Also he doesn't like writing about what he thinks is dull.He thinks that Harlem has nothing in it,he tries to imagine a hotdog stand as a fire-breathing dragon.
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Cade Zipperer
9/7/2012 03:21:00 am
Well i think he is a good writer and has a lot of diffrent opinons for each person. he is a writer with lots of potinchal and pazazs.B he seems to have problems writing about his harlem community. which is strange because he is doing pretty good in life.He thinks everyone is just so boring when they are kinda fun, and he is to but when you are in troble or hurt it take the fun out of it.he is a wild child turning into a sain adult. but by what we can tell now he is kinda having trouble writing about his harlem home.
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Harley Brown
9/7/2012 06:33:45 am
Walter finds it difficult to write about the community and Harlem because he has lived there so long and doesn't know what to write about. He believes he has to write something spectacular like his favorite Poets and Authors. He can write about anything and if people like it then he can become famous, but he can't find a way to put his own community into the poem he wants.
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Elijah McCann-Bell
9/7/2012 07:04:45 am
I think its difficult for Walter to write his community & Harlem iis because people have ways of writing & he probably can't put or write it the way he usually writes thing. Another reason why I think it's difficult for Wallter write about his community is because he don't want to tell about certain things that happended in his life. Or the stuff he went through is too personal to tell anybody. I think he has certain people that wants certain information when they read his books, & he doesn't want to tell them because it's none of their business.
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Hidayah Morell
9/7/2012 10:23:16 am
I know that Water love to read and write. He writes these great stories and poems that are attention grabbers. The way he communicate with the readers makes pictures in the mind of whats happening.
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Lorena Moreno
9/7/2012 09:34:19 pm
Walter Dean Myers loves to read and write. He writes these great stories and poems that are attention grabbers.The way he communicates with the readers makes pictures in his mind of whats happening. Walter dosent write about his community or Harlem because because he has lived there so long and doesn't know what to write about. He believes he has to write something spectacular like his favorite Poets and author.
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Nicolas Newton
9/8/2012 09:42:53 am
Walter Dean Meyers find it difficult to write about his own community because he likes to write about his life and it might be hard for hi to write. He will write about harlem to tell whats goes on there and how it is with the people around his area.
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Chris Mathers
9/9/2012 01:52:05 am
Walter Dean Myers is a great reader and writer. He loves to read and write,but he is a Negro at a time where Negros aren't appreciated.His brother is white so he gets to go to parties. Negros weren't accepted to parties with whites. Walter's favorite team lost to their rival too. His favorite team is the Dodgers.
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Simone Jackson
9/9/2012 03:46:45 am
In Bad Boy, Walter Dean Myers gives us his reasons why he can't find inpiration from his own community and Harlem, but I think that he just couldn't find anything due to him living there for a long time.When you live in a place for a long time everything just looks plain to you because all the inspiration fades as you get familiar with where you live. Another reason is that he just expected something to speak to him, and he wants to sound like a famous poet. It takes practice and a subject to produce good poetry, and he was a little impatient. His reasons just made his community sound boring, but he just looked at it that way. It is just as people say "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder".
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Grace Liebl
9/9/2012 05:58:07 am
Walter finds it difficult to write about his community and Harlem. I think he finds it difficult because he has so many things he could write about since he has lived there. The thing is he might not know what to write about. Another reason could be that he has a speech problem. Although, he is very good at writing poems.
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Evan Lastinger
9/9/2012 09:31:21 am
Walter finds writing about his community and Harlem dificult. He does this because there is many things that he could write about he dosen't know were to start. Walter has lived there so long he is probaly use to everything that might would be different to us. He may find it difficult to put everything in chronilogical order.
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Jordan Burnsed
9/10/2012 06:17:56 am
I think Walter has trouble writing about his community and Harlem because of the so many experiences that he has. Although, lately he hasn't really been connected with the world.
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Dalton Mincey
9/10/2012 07:43:37 am
In Bad Boy Walter FInds it very difficult to write about Harlem.He walked aroyund for days looking to find something to write about. It seemed to be very hard.The inspiration he was looking for was just not there.
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Hannah Mills
9/10/2012 07:50:25 am
Walter is a great writer and reader. He wrote the book " Bad Boy". He tells the book in a passionate way. I really relate to the way he tells the story. He doesn't want his book to sound boring or anything. He wants it to sound exciting and fabulous. I think Walter is a great writer.
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Breanna Mullins
9/10/2012 08:09:40 am
Walter loves to read and write. He usually writes exciting stories and it is hared for him because of may reason. But the main reason why it is hared for him is because he finds everyone boring.
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destiny nease
9/10/2012 08:09:49 am
Walter is a great writer ,he wrote the book "Bad Boys".He doesn't want his book to be boring or uninteresting. He wants his readers to be intrigued. He tells the book in a certain way that makes the reader want to keep reading.
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Hannah Smoak
9/10/2012 10:01:22 am
I think Walter has a difficult time writing about his life because he didn't see the difference in his life and everyone elses, of coarse he seen that some people were cooler or had more money than him but that was usual. But he didn't understand his talents as far as reading or writing. He knew that he was smarter than most people ,but he didn't know what he was capable of.
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Chandler Young
9/10/2012 10:09:54 am
Why do you think it is difficult for him to tell about his community? Well , in stories like this sometimes it can be difficult but can be easy rarely.Even though he is telling about more about his family it can be difficult also . Also he telling about his community can be hard because he doesnt know all about his community
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Marci Delcampo
9/10/2012 10:19:17 am
Walter finds it difficult to write about Harlem and his community because he has lived there so long. Woudln't you have a hard time writing about your home or community? You already know anything and everything about wherever you live. Putting it into words would be quite difficult. Its like when you have to write an essay about yourself. You think you know everything about yourself until you have to put it down on paper. Its easier to write about something you don't know about or somewhere you haven't been, say... Austria. You would look up information about that place or if its close by go and visit that place.
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Hunter Holloway
9/10/2012 10:35:45 am
I think walter is a great writer. I mean look he wrote a long long, book about himself. there is something going on that is special. probalbly there is someting going on that is coll or someting. I mean he is a good writer. he just have to find someting that he can write about.
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Jaylen Wallace
9/10/2012 11:51:01 am
I think Walter found it difficult to write about his community and around Harlem is because he is so use to his surroundings. He doesn't see anything special about it because that's where he grew up. He was just a kid and some kids don't see the bigger things in life. He tries so hard that he looks over the spectacular things. I can understand where he's coming from. I experience it myself.
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9/11/2012 05:00:40 am
I think the reason it was difficult for Walter to write about his community and around Harlem, because he is used to things around him. He really does'nt see things special about that place because he grew up there.
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Leeanne Donlon
9/11/2012 06:26:31 am
It is difficult for Walter to write about his community and Harlem because he has lived there his whole life and he thinks that his poem has to be awesome and grand and not what he anisholy wants to write about.Also he can't find anything that great about where he lives that he wants to write about.
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Logan Hill
9/11/2012 08:39:00 am
Walter is trying to write a poem about Harlem. He can't find anything to write about. He tries to write about people. He also tries writing about the city itself. I suppose he see's the same thing every day, and he doesn't see the place and people as exciting or inspirational.
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David Oliver Covington
9/11/2012 09:12:34 am
I think Walter finds it difficult to write about his neighborhood because he finds it hard to find inspiration. It's almost as if he's living a double life. On one hand, or life in this case, he is an excellent writer and reader, on the other hand, or life in this other case, he is trying to fit in with the other guys and be cool.
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Dustin Briglin
9/11/2012 10:37:10 am
I think Walter finds it hard to write about Harlem because he grew up in Harlem.So all the people and most of the events aren't really new.There might have been something that was interesting and new to him while he was looking but not as interesting as he was looking for.I also think he was overlooking things he could have been writing about.I think he was looking for something really is rare to happen such as a famous writer living next to him our things like that.
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Sarah Freeman
9/11/2012 11:13:31 am
In my opionion, Walter finds it hard to write about Harlem, because he has lived there pretty much, all of his life. Nothing, for Walter, is really new. He sees it everyday, the same thing. Walter may also feel that if he wants to make this the, best story ever, it has to be something exciting. But Walter, doesn't look at Harlem that way.
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John Fort
9/12/2012 05:06:02 am
Walter finds it difficult to write about the community and Harlem because he has lived there so long and doesn't know what to write about. He believes he has to write something spectacular like his favorite Poets and Authors. He can write about anything and if people like it then he can become famous, but he can't find a way to put his own community into the poem he wants.
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Jamie Brazell
9/12/2012 08:21:02 am
I think walter can not find anything to write about, is beacuse he dose the same thing every day. He has no excitement in his life. Also walter never really had any true family.I mean walter has live there his hole life and probly has to write about it every year.
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Morgan Hild
9/12/2012 10:00:15 am
Walter Dean Myers is a great writer and reader. I belive he has trouble do to the fact he did not have the best childhood. There could be so many reasons why,like he would rather write like the authors he grew up reading. Or he doesnt like Harlem.
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Wesley Fulcher
9/12/2012 11:10:05 am
I think that it was difficult to wright about his community and Harlem miany because he was trying to be two diffrent people. When he was around his people/Harlem he had to act lie them so that they wouldnt make fun of him. When he was in the library or reading a book he could act normal and like his self. He didnt want to write about his culture or any thing in his story becuase he didnt want to sound diffrent from his origional culture. He thought it would be imbarising to sound diffrent untill he wrote it.
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Todd Beam
9/12/2012 12:06:41 pm
Walter cannot write about Harlem good because he is living two different lives. On one hand, he is a very active person, and on the other hand, he is a very bright young adult. He cannot write about Harlem because he cannot live in just one of his lives, instead he lives in two of them.
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Peyton Boyd
9/12/2012 10:26:26 pm
He probably cant write about his community or harlem because of his life. He really doesnt get out of his house after school. He doesnt really like to go outside. He mainly likes to read and write. He cant write about it because of his family. He has had some troubles lately. His parents had to gain another family remember such as his grandpa.
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gabe jones
9/13/2012 05:28:43 am
i think walter is a very good writer. i think its hard for him to write about his communtie though because he dosnt really talk to people. hes just a bully. well, he was. he used to beat up people all the time. and he won all of his fights execpt for that one fight where he got punched by that kid that was scared.
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Chris Teaster
9/13/2012 06:32:11 am
Walter is not the bigest fan of his home Harlem for many reasons. Considering that he never new his real family or home. Most Harlem is not the most comfortable place to live at. Some times he proablly wants to live in a safer or just a differnt place.
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Makayla Williams
9/13/2012 06:49:27 am
Walter finds it difficult to write about his community. Do you think it's hard for him to write about his community? I think so. I think it's hard for him to write about his community because it's not something to really get excited about. So that's why it's difficult for him to write about his community.
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Abigail Russell
9/13/2012 06:57:15 am
Walter Dean Myers found it hard to write about his comunity and Harlem. I think it's because he has lived there for a while. He has gotten so usedto everything that nothing pops out. Nothing catches his eye, because everything is the same.
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Cole Fulcher
9/13/2012 07:06:53 am
In Harlem, Walter finds it difficult to write about Harlem. There is simply not enough going on around him. All of his favorite authors seem to have interesting lives, seemingly not as interesting as his according to the book.
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Alyssa Brinson
9/13/2012 07:13:36 am
I think walter has a hard time writeiing about his childhood beacuse he didnt have a good one. He might not want to tell us how he grew up. He probley got picked on and didnt want to tell us.
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angel harris
9/13/2012 07:15:53 am
The writer of the book Bad Boy,Walter Dean Myers,is a great writer and he loves to read.The only thing is that Walter is having trouble writing about Harlem,his home town,he can't seem to write all the details and the funny thing is,is that he is a great writer
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Christopher Stefan
9/13/2012 07:48:11 am
I think that he cant write about his home because hes lived there his whole life and realy hasnt seen much of the rest the new york . I think that its ironic becuase i feel like Harlem is a wonder full place with all the music and people.i would actualy not mind living in Harlem for a while.
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Isabella Johnson
9/17/2012 11:40:01 pm
walter is having a difficult time writting about his home,because he doesn't have a good home life. He doesn't had a really bad life but he might struggle with some things.
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Paige Giles
9/13/2012 08:02:15 am
I think he can't really write about Harlem for many reasons. One being, he has lived there all his life and I guess it's just normal for him. I think he feels that there is nothing interesting to write about Harlem because he sees it every day. Some things interesting to us about Harlem might not be interesting to him because he's around it all the time. Or maybe because since he has lived there so long, he doesn't pay attention to the details of Harlem and just how he sees it.
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Taylor Biggers(:
9/13/2012 08:52:50 am
He probably can't write about his hometown because it most likely doesn't interest him. He might think it is too boring to write about. Since he has lived there most of his life, he might think it's normal and people don't like to read normal stuff because it is just plain out boring. Also, he might not just thnk anything of it. The idea of Harlem to him might just be not interesting to him at all. He miht just like to write about things out of the ordinry that people find interesting and want to read. He knows that people don't liketo read boring stuff so he's lived there a very long time and thinks it is just too boring to write about.
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cody yates
9/13/2012 08:57:28 am
walter finds it so difficult to write about his comunity and were he lives becuse he has lived there so long and he just dont have nothing to say. he dont have anything to say becuse he is so used to it. he has told about what is liked but did not say much it could be that he is also imbaresd to talk about his comunity
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BRYCE YOUNG :(I)
9/13/2012 09:16:00 am
I think that Walter finds it difficult to right about Harlem because he has lived there all his life and what we call fun and wonderful he calls just another day in Harlem .Also the things he does we see as stupid, illegal , and fun, he sees as boring, dumb and "bean there done that"
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Cody Phillips
9/13/2012 10:07:18 am
Its hard for to Walter to write about his life because he didnt have the best childhood. Although he is a good writer and reader he has trouble with his speech.That are probably difficult for him.
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Ryan Nance
9/13/2012 10:13:58 am
Walter finds it hard to write about something in Harlem. I believe this is because he's lived there so long. When you become VERY familiar with something, it gets hard to single out one thing to talk about. I can understand how hard it is to do this. There is lots of irony in this though.
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Jared Holland
9/13/2012 10:27:53 am
I think that it's harder for Walter to write about his home rather than his friends and family because he doesn't really like Harlem. It's easy for him to write about his friends and family because he likes them and has a lot of memories with them. Harlem is pretty bland. He has some memories with Harlem but not that many. He likes Harlem, but he can't really write about it like he can with his friends and family.
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Ben Jackson
9/13/2012 10:34:14 am
Walter finds it very hard to write about Harlem becuse he is looking for things around him to write about. There isnt anything exciting for him to write about in Harlem . Its as if the insperation isnt there.
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Thomas Bowles
9/13/2012 10:41:19 am
I think it is harder for walter to write about his home town than his own family because there might of been some thing he dosent want to tell people about his family it not bad where you come from if its where u come from its where u come from or it wight be easy to to him to wright his family but he just thinks its hard like some of us do in class Maybe its easier to write about harle because he has been there his whole life and knows what gose on when it dose and how the cammunity is and how the culture is and the people around there are
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Martha paramo
9/13/2012 10:57:56 am
In Bad Boys, Walter Dean Myers is trying to look at Harlem through an author's eyes. He goes out and takes a walk through Harlem but can't find anything to write about. This is because he is used to everything in Harlem. He used to the prettyness of the city. He is thinking too hard.
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Phillip Knight
9/13/2012 11:03:04 am
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter Dean Myers is very creative and smart. He loves to read and can really express his feelings and beliefs when he writes. He can write about anything but when he was asked to write about his community (Harlem) he is blank and he does not know what to write. To me I believe the hardest things to write about is the one you are closest to. The one thing that you don't think that much about.
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Whitney Ricardo
9/13/2012 12:00:40 pm
I think that Walter finds it hard to write about his life in Harlem because it can be hard for some people to write and express things about things that they have been doing their whole lives. That means that it can be hard for somebody to write a paper that they think that other people would classify as good. Even though it is understandable, it can be pretty hard to believe that some people find it difficult to find things to write that they have been doing for their whole lives. For example, if I was given an assignment to write about my life in Effingham County, I would probably find it difficult to write about because I have been there my whole life.
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Jordan Robinson
9/13/2012 12:17:05 pm
I think that walter had such trouble writing about his community was because he lived there all his life so everything was normal to him. I think that he was looking too hard for something to write about.
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brantley emanuel
9/13/2012 12:29:38 pm
ititthe reason i think walter couldnt write about his town harlem is because hes been there so long that everything is just normal to him. hes seen basically everything by now and he relizes tyerebis nothing really exotic around him or according to him to rite about. harlem is a very broing place is jow he describis
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Anna Snooks
9/13/2012 12:31:31 pm
I believe that Walter finds it difficult to write about Harlem since he grew up there and he lived there his whole life. He is probably worried that people wouldn't think Harlem would be an interesting place since he lived there his whole life. I would have a hard time putting my childhood into words, so I understand where he was coming from.
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~Alexis Anderson.
9/13/2012 08:12:43 pm
In Bad Boy, Walter Dean Myers gives us his reasons why he can't find reasons from his own community and Harlem, but I think that he just couldn't find anything from him living there for such a long time.When you live in a place for a certain amount of time everything just looks plain to you because all the exciting thing starts to go away as you begin to realize where and what everything is.
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malik wallace
9/13/2012 10:21:53 pm
I think he could'nt find any to write because he wasn't experinced. Because you have to be old enough. he has'nt been through enough hardships.
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McKenzie Ansel
9/14/2012 12:43:05 am
Why do you think Walter Dean Myers finds it hard to write about his own community? I think its because he didnt live in a usual place. He had his friends and family, but he got in trouble at school. He had a speech problem. The children always made fun of him. Other than the teasing Walter loved school!
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Abby Freyermuth
9/14/2012 06:25:55 am
Do you know why Walter couldn't find the right words to say about his city? Well, he is a good writer, but he didn't talk to many people. He didn't have many friends. He was a bully. That was all he did.
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Kaylee Shuman
9/15/2012 04:06:42 am
Walter is the writer of the book. He is suppose to be able describe his community and Harlem to us readers. To him it is hard. He has lived there so long everything is just the ordinary.
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Parker Dasher
9/16/2012 04:54:30 am
I think Walter has trouble with his writing for many reasons. First of all I think it's hard for him to talk about Harlem because hes always lived there. He doesn't know what its like to leave Harlem. So he cant compare it to anything else.
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Monique Overstreet
9/16/2012 07:49:08 am
In the book " Bad Boy" Walter was very creative with his work.He had trouble with his speech and it wasnt hard for him to write books and poems.Also he loved to read book ,so he must have some idea about how his younger life went.It was difficlt for him to remeber how his life went when he was younger.
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Precious Collins
9/16/2012 09:30:22 am
In the book of The Bad Boy Walter didnt really want to talk about his past,Because he was afraid of what others would think of him.He couldnt read or write,his teacher tried to help him in every way that she could.She made him stand up in front of the class and read out loud.
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Emily Roberts
9/16/2012 10:33:23 am
Walter finds it difficult to write about his community and Harlem. I think he finds it difficult because he has so many things he could write about since he has lived there. The thing is he might not know what to write about. Another reason could be that he has a speech problem. Although, he is very good at writing poems.
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Mya Wheeler
9/17/2012 05:38:04 am
I think Walter has trouble writeing about his community because every thing that happens there is boring to him. He grew up with the same stuff over and over again. Its like reading a book over and over. Nothing else new happens.He trys to write like other poets he admires and almost never write about Harlem.
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Derion Anderson 33
9/17/2012 10:26:20 am
there are many reason why Walter dosntr write about his home.in think its beacause he lived in harlem.everything just pops on his mind and its so much stuff coming to his mind.he really didnt have much to say about what he did except he hurt people all the time.
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Shannon Merritt
9/17/2012 10:46:21 am
Dean Myers likes to read and write. He is extremely good at writing poems. There is one problem though, He has a speech problem. It's hard for him to communicate with other students and people. He gets picked on everytime he talks, and gets mad because he doesn't know why. He doesn't talk about his hometown ,Because he is having troubles in life , and possibly doesn't like to talk about it.
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blaze burns
9/17/2012 01:55:01 pm
Walter finds it difficult to write about the community and Harlem because he has lived there so long and doesn't know what to write about. He believes he has to write something spectacular like his favorite Poets and Authors. He can write about anything and if people like it then he can become famous, but he can't find a way to put his own community into the poem he wants.
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bryce young
9/17/2012 10:19:43 pm
I think that Walter finds it difficult to right about Harlem because he has lived there all his life and what we call fun and wonderful he calls just another day in Harlem .Also the things he does we see as stupid, illegal , and fun, he sees as boring, dumb and "bean there done that"
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Nick Bingham
9/18/2012 06:31:12 am
I think it is hard for Walter to write about his community because things that could be awesome and entertaining could be just another day in Harlem. he has lived there his whole life, and everything is the same. things we see and retarded or dumb could be something that Walter does for fun.
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Chelsea McEwen
9/18/2012 11:50:37 am
Walter is a great writer and reader. He wrote the book " Bad Boy". He tells the book in a passionate way. I really like the way he wrote this story. He doesn't want his book to sound boring or anything. He wants it to sound exciting. I think Walter is a great writer.
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cody Hilbert
9/24/2012 11:34:31 pm
The reson i think its hard for walter to write about Harlem because, It is a bad community. They have gangs and they tried to hang kids. They tried to jump walter one tof the gangs did. They arent very smart around there in Walter time when he was a kid. They are very mean.
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jeremy Hicklen
9/27/2012 08:01:15 pm
I think he has a hard time writuing about halem because every day there is something going on.Heha hard time doing it becauce that is a big place and he thinks he like that life in harlem every day so he fill it hard to write about harlem.Ad he had to see alout of stuff around harlem.
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