Born a Crime

Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a particular subject and is shown through their writing. How would you describe the tone of Trevor’s writing from the first 3 chapters? Why?

Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a particular subject and is shown through their writing. How would you describe the tone of Trevor’s writing from the first 3 chapters? Why?

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The tone is often one of dark humor; Noah highlights funny episodes from his childhood and adolescence, but he also uses humor to show how dysfunctional and traumatic many of his experiences were. At other times, the tone is quite meditative, reflective, and didactic, as Noah uses the form of the celebrity memoir to draw attention to South African history, political injustice, and racial injustice.

How would you characterize Trevor so far? How about his mom? What is their relationship like?