In Chapter 17 of Born a Crime, Trevor Noah quotes Nelson Mandela: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. Ifyou talk to him in his language, that goes tohis heart” (236). Noah exemplifies the importance of language and how it benefited him throughout the memoir, going as far as to call himself a chameleon. Write a well-developed essay in which you discuss the role language plays in Noah’s life.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Essay Prompts Prompt 1: At many different points throughout the memoir Born a Crime, Trevor Noah describes the complications of his racial identity. Under apartheid,Noah is governmentally categorized as“colored,” a product of a relationship that was literally considered a crime. Think about what this means for Noah and how […]