The Baddest Dog In Harlem By Walter Dean Myers
English Written Assignment
Analyze of the text “The baddest dog in Harlem” by Walter Dean Myers
The story tells of a group people, including the narrator (the author Walter Dean Myers?), and what the group experiences one tragic day in Harlem. We meet the group as they discuss which boxer is the best in the world, when suddenly many policemen begin to appear, and begin to ask questions about a suspect they are searching for. Unfortunately, one policeman slips in some dog shit and his gun accidentally goes off, which results in all of the cops shooting at one particular window. The owner of the apartment (Mary) that just got shot up, returns home and begins a debate with the police who are interested in the whereabouts of her boyfriend. Eventually Mary, some cops and the narrator goes together into her apartment. The police suspect is not there, but the place is completely shot up and on the floor Mary’s dog lays dead from multiple bullet wounds. On the way back down from Mary’s apartment again, the police take notice of another apartment door and they inspect that apartment also, where they find the body of a young black boy who has also been shot and killed – an innocent victim of the earlier police gunfire. …show more content…
He is certainly a black man. I do not know for certain the name of the narrator, but it is easy to assume that it may be the author Walter Dean Myers. Readers are not given much information of the about the central character in the text, but it becomes obvious that the main character as well as the rest of his debating group are black people. The main character (Myers) seems to me like a very scared and nervous
Analyze of the text “The baddest dog in Harlem” by Walter Dean Myers
The story tells of a group people, including the narrator (the author Walter Dean Myers?), and what the group experiences one tragic day in Harlem. We meet the group as they discuss which boxer is the best in the world, when suddenly many policemen begin to appear, and begin to ask questions about a suspect they are searching for. Unfortunately, one policeman slips in some dog shit and his gun accidentally goes off, which results in all of the cops shooting at one particular window. The owner of the apartment (Mary) that just got shot up, returns home and begins a debate with the police who are interested in the whereabouts of her boyfriend. Eventually Mary, some cops and the narrator goes together into her apartment. The police suspect is not there, but the place is completely shot up and on the floor Mary’s dog lays dead from multiple bullet wounds. On the way back down from Mary’s apartment again, the police take notice of another apartment door and they inspect that apartment also, where they find the body of a young black boy who has also been shot and killed – an innocent victim of the earlier police gunfire. …show more content…
He is certainly a black man. I do not know for certain the name of the narrator, but it is easy to assume that it may be the author Walter Dean Myers. Readers are not given much information of the about the central character in the text, but it becomes obvious that the main character as well as the rest of his debating group are black people. The main character (Myers) seems to me like a very scared and nervous