The Skin I'm In is a novel written by Sharon Flake. The novel is about a 13-year-old girl named Maleeka, who is black. Maleeka is mocked for her skin color by her classmates. One of the classmates is John-John.
One day John-John humiliated Maleeka by singing a song on her color. The reason Maleek hates John-John is that after his song that Caleb left her and betrayed her.
Therefore, Maleeka hates John-John because he bullied her.
The answer is to make a connection between the character in <em>Pilgrims Progress </em>and muckraking journalists. I know that this is the answer because I take English and took a quiz asking me about this and it was the right answer.