Character Development

     In the book, Bronx Masquerade, it talks about students in high school using poetry as a way to show the real them. In the end, poetry helps everyone not be afraid to act the way they are. One of the people I have seen changed the most throughout the book is Tyrone. Poetry has had the most effect on Tyrone.

     In the beginning of the book, Bronx Masquerade, Tyrone didn't think much of school. He also didn't think much of his classmates. In the book it states, "School ain't nothin' but a joke." Tyrone also didn't think that him and white people didn't have a lot in common.  In the middle of the book, Tyrone learns more about his fellow classmates but still doesn't have a lot of appreciation for people of different colors. The book states "Man, that little white girl be getting pretty deep." In the end of the book, Tyrone likes poetry more. He thinks that everyone has seen everyone else's true selves through it. The book states ". . .I feel like we connected." This is how Tyrone changes throughout the book.

     The elements of a story affect Tyrone in this book. The setting of this book affects Tyrone, because he used to worry more about dying than his future. The characters affect Tyrone, because he gets to be around more diverse people, even if he doesn't know it. The different conflicts of every person affect Tyrone because what he though was funny, wasn't to other people. The conflicts make Tyrone think more about others.