But if they change it, the readers won't find it realistic since we know how Trevor Noah is like.ĭespite all the hard time Trevor Noah went through, he finally managed to get through those hard times and now he is a successful person. I thought there weren't any some bad words or violent language since it's adapted for the young readers. Trevor Noah provided us with the humor in this book literally in each character. It was unusual event where black women to perform any job outside of menial position. She was rebellious until at certain point she became a typist and learned how to type. I liked the story about his mom and how badass she was. But because it was unjust law, that's why they became rebellions. Blacks were often arrested if they rebelled against the law. There was poverty and racism in South Africa. In this book, Trevor Noah told us about in detail about how he growing up in the society. There wasn't much stories told about his father since his father did not influence his life so much after moving to Cape Town and left him with his mother. Trevor Noah struggled in his life with his identity and has been bullied quite frequently because of the skin color. He was identified as a white child when he was with his mother and was identified as black when he was with his father. Trevor Noah grew up in South Africa during apartheid. I've read the other version of this book and it was the same story. It made me feel like reading more on the history of South Africa and Long Walk To Freedom, of course! The book is damn interesting to the fault. If we could see another's pain and empathize with one another, it would never be worth it to us to commit the crimes in the first place. He makes the best out of his life with limited or with lesser resources.ĥ: The quote that I liked the most is, " We live in a world where we don't see the ramifications of what we do to others, because we don't live with them. I was taken-back after knowing about them.Ĥ. He describes many events that black, colored, and Indian people face. His family: a review written by Washing Post "a love letter to his mother" and completely agree to that. Writing and narration: on point, easy language used. What is the most that I liked is, his narration of embarrassing events that he has faced in his life, he turns them into funny and at the same time makes the reader feel sad that such thing happened.Ģ. As he is one of the popular comedians, and it's quite obvious that he must have also included humor. In his book includes how apartheid affected most of the lives in South Africa.
A person coming from such a poor background and becoming a global figure today isn't so easy. When I knew there is his autobiography I thought I'd try it. I remember watching Trevor Noah's stand-ups, they were hilarious. The reason why I love to read (auto)biographies are because through one's life we get to know about their childhood, upbringing, family, friends, hardships, education system, culture, traditions, society, taboos, their government, etc. It's great how Nelson Mandela Sir has made a huge impact on anti-apartheid.
Though it's legally forbidden, strangely, racism still prevails in most parts of the world socially. This is the first time I have read something related to South Africa and apartheid.