![]() ![]() Part 1 Coates begins the book in the style of a letter addressed to his son Samori. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Coates is a harsh realist and an atheist, refusing to sugarcoat or mythologize the truth of what he sees, but he is also not without hope, and he finds a sense of freedom in his relentless pursuit of the truth. The timeline below shows where the character Ta-Nehisi Coates appears in Between the World and Me. Coates’ life story, as well as his thoughts on American racism, the history of violence against black bodies, and the racist structures supporting “the Dream” make up most of the book’s content. Though it is not easy, Coates gradually manages to make a successful career as a writer, all the while continuing to explore the questions that have troubled him as a young person. ![]() When he and Kenyatta are both 24, their son is born. He attends but does not graduate from Howard University, where he meets his partner, Kenyatta Matthews. Between the World and Me allows us to see, through the authors perceptions and experiences, aspects of American life as a black male. Born to Paul Coates and Cheryl Waters in 1975, Coates grows up in West Baltimore during the crack epidemic, and his childhood is haunted by the dangers of the streets and by Coates’ unresolved questions about the injustices of the world, particularly those relating to the experience of black people in America. African-American males are disproportionately incarcerated, 1 leaving the population in fear. ![]() Ta-Nehisi Coates is both the author and the main character of the book, which is written in the first person and addresses Coates’ son, Samori. ![]()
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