Trevor Noah Figurative Language

In the Book, “Born a Crime”, Trevor Noah spends time reflecting on his experiences in the hood. The way he describes the hood allows the reader to understand that while many hardships come with living in the hood, the community is close, looks out for each other, and is well put together. It is almost like a family. To make these points, Trevor Noah uses figurative language and anecdotes from his time spent in the hood. Trevor Noah’s use of repetition throughout his description of the hood gives the reader a sense that the hood is a close-knit community. The people there hold each other accountable for their actions, and they always want to help out. He uses the repetition of questions to emphasize to the reader that the hood was a close community where people helped …show more content…

Trevor Noah’s use of this anecdote shows to the reader that his friend had a chance to escape the hood, but he ended up right back where he was, highlighting the difficulty of escaping the hood, even when you may have a way out. Noah includes another anecdote about the willingness to help other people, “The way it works in the hood is that if any mom asks you to do something, you have to say yes. “Can I send you?” is the phrase. It’s like everyone’s your mom, and you’re everyone’s kid. “Can I send you?” “Yeah, whaddya need?” “I need you to go buy milk and bread.” “Yeah, cool.” Then she gives you some money and you go buy milk and bread. As long as you aren’t busy and it doesn’t cost you anything, you don’t say no.” Noah adds this scenario to emphasize to the reader again that everyone in the hood looked out for each other, everyone was willing to help one another. This is another example of a good quality of the hood. Overall, the hood seems like a place where everyone is almost like a family. The community in the hood holds each other accountable, helps each other, and looks out for each