The Passage of High School Life Essay
Ron Suskind’s A Hope in the Unseen is a moving novel that illustrates the passage of a young man high school through his first year as a freshman at Brown University. What makes the storyline most interesting is that the protagonist, Cedric Lavar Jennings, hails from a particularly unique background. His father is a drug addict who spends half his time in prison and the other half of his time on parole working any job he can find. As a result, Gilliam plays little to no role as a parental figure save the few times Cedric interacts with him in prison.
Cedric’s mother Barbra, on the contrary, is an incredible human being.
Words fail to express exactly how much Barbra has sacrificed for her son Cedric. “She’s been killing herself, her lifeblood channeled thorough scriptural pieties and long-shot hopes for Cedric’s future, leaving new own urges untended and volatile†(42). In this sense, Cedric is virtually brought up entirely by his mother and her values quickly ingrain themselves in Cedric.
