Biggers poor African American family lives in Southside Chicago. They’re family consists of two honest kids and a strong willed mother. In both of these black arts, the mother is depicted as someone who would go through anything to protect and help her kids. She wants nothing more than the best for her kids, but when she hears about Biggers gang involvement all the time, she scolds him telling him to” Stop hanging out with those boys “ and also telling him to “ Get a job and stop wasting your life”. She also tries to find new jobs to always support her kids and to get them through school so they can have an education. Mothers in general want the best for their

Kids, and both the book and the show portray how the mothers are supportive of their children. …show more content…
They are also different than the siblings in the show. Buddy is someone who looks up to Bigger and does not complain about blacks being given low wage jobs. He actually aspires to be chauffeur just like Bigger as something he would do when he grows up. On the other hand, Vera is the type of person in the family who annoys everyone and nags on but you have to still love her because they're your sibling. In the show, the siblings also annoy each other and their parents. They constantly pick on each other making their connection stronger all the time. Many times in the book, Vera would annoy Bigger constantly, for example she would say “ Mama Bigger won’t leave me alone” and he would get lectured by his mom and get in trouble with her. This is something both shows can highly relate in. Siblings can annoy siblings and get away with it most of the time in