Bronx Masquerade Analysis

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The culture and environment that many ethnic teenagers live in are illustrated through the similarities in setting between Bronx Masquerade and Freedom Writers. Minorities in America are often only able to live in undeveloped areas, and as a result, they are exposed to bad influences. By this, many teenagers use music as a way to guide themselves through life. Both works present the early hip-hop culture as big influences to many ethnic students. In the novel, Tyrone’s interest in school peaks as he begins to study poetry from the Harlem Renaissance: “Next thing I know, I’m digging my old rap poems out of my dresser drawer and bringing them to school” (Grimes, 9). Many teenagers, like Tyrone, look up to rappers and hip-hop artists. As a result,