Amber Valletta once wrote “we are what we we are products of our surroundings.The quote is quite true in the book “Coming of age in Mississippi by anne Moody.” This novel is an autobiography of Anne Moody’s life and the struggles she faced through with racism and life through the 1900’s. This essay will analyze how the other’s the authors surrounding affects her life and the things she does.
First we have to get some more background on Mississippi it was a very segregated place which taught her that you had to work hard for a chance of equality. As a child she new that she had to work hard to get a chance at a better life . For example, her mama had plenty of jobs and worked hard for her children but it still did not give them a better life.