In the novel “The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963”, there is a character named Byron Watson. Byron is the brother of Kenny Watson and Joetta Watson, and the son of Wilona Watson and Daniel Watson. The Watsons plan to send Byron away to live with his strict grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama due to his dangerous, mischievous, and negative behavior. I strongly agree with this decision for three reasons.
Firstly, throughout the novel, Byron makes some very dangerous decisions that provide ample reason for his parents to send him away. One of his dangerous actions is bullying his siblings. Byron regularly harasses Kenny by physically punching him, which could have caused physical or emotional harm. Another action that demonstrates his dangerous behavior is when he fights with younger students. One time in the book, Larry Dunn stole Kenny’s gloves and bullied him by smashing snow into his face. Byron stole the gloves back from Larry and then proceeded to beat him up by hurling him into a metal fence and verbally assaulting him. These actions demonstrate that Byron has the desire to harm people and is therefore dangerous.
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In one instance, he abused the local store’s credit system by buying cookies and putting the money he spent on his parents’ credit. He then offered the cookies to Kenny, thinking that if Kenny also eats the cookies, he can also take some of the blame if his parents ever find out. This behavior is unacceptable, especially since his family is not wealthy and cannot afford unnecessary purchases like the cookies. In another instance, Byron got a hair treatment without permission from his parents. He tried to hide his hair, but his parents found out. This action was also inappropriate because his parents did not approve of the hairstyle at the time, and it showed that he rebelled against
It has become common today that people of all ages go through mental changes, that transforms them into the person that they will become. This is seen in the historical fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, when the whole Watson family decides to visit Alabama. The two dynamic characters in the book, Kenny and Byron, transform after arriving in Birmingham. Kenny Watson’s transformation (middle child) was so important because it was what exposed him to how reality was like in the 1960’s, such as the Civil Rights Movement against segregation. In this scene, Kenny is confused about why people would kill little kids that were in a church.
In the book, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham’’ written by Paul Curtis there are two brothers one named Kenny and the other is named Byron. There are major personality differences between the boys including the way they treat other people. Kenny is a gracious and generous person who cares about people’s feelings. Byron is a bully that enjoys picking on people and beating them up.
In the novel, The Watsons go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, Kenny wonders why his brother Byron is so mean to people. Kenny’s older brother Byron once kissed a mirror because he saw his reflection in it. Byron deserves this because he is does not like to do his share of work, is self-absorbed, and is mean to other people. Byron is very self-absorbed and stuck up. He tells Kenny that he must have been adopted because there was no way ugly people like Mom and Dad could have given birth to someone as good looking as himself.
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In the novel, The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul, Kenny wonders why his brother Byron is so mean to people. Does Kenny treat others better than Byron does? On the first day Rufus was at school Kenny shares his food with him because he does not have a lunch, then he told mama that he is sharing and then his mom packs more food for Rufus and Punkin. When Kenny was younger, he had a friend named L.J. and that had play dates and when ever L.J. came after he took some of Kennys toys and he did not tell on him because he is nice. Larry Dunn stole Kenny's gloves out of his bag at school than when he went home he told Byron and Byron was not happy with that
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However, when Larry Dunn took one of Kenny's gloves He didn’t think much of it until he told byron. When Kenny saw Byron beating up and bullying Larry Dunn he instantly regretted telling Byron and was startled at the fact that his brother hurt someone that badly. “ I wished I hadn’t told Byron about what happened, I wished I just could have gone the rest of the year with one glove” [62]. He instantly felt wrong and had empathy for Larry Dunn. Kenny was upset with Byron because he went too far with Larry Dunn.
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