The author describes the typical childhood that most Americans in the past. Honky was able to experience the segregation rules when he asked if he can call the infant of a black couple as his sister. He saw that the world was not as safe as his parents told him.
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The author feels that students have learned is that writing is a personal task. Each of the writers have different style and technique of writing and perusing the readers. There is no one way that can be defined as the right way, as distinct ways have distinct characteristics and is unique in its own sense. The different ways of writing depends on different factors and these factors justifies the style and the way of writing and conveying the message to the readers.
It seems that the boy uses everyday language in order to describe what he sees and smells. By resorting to this, the reader gets the perspective of a young boy from a poor social class because the imaginary used is based on elements that he might see on daily bases, smells like the cat or somthing roaten are really common in the streets.