One of the most interesting aspects of the novel are winters dealings with men. “Winter attempts to be the quintessential femme fatale who always gets her man. However, in a truly sexist world, it is most likely the man who gets the woman, namely Winter, into many of her misfortunes (Hopson).” In this novel we see winter interact with many men. Midnight, Santaga’s right hand man is the first male we see Winter come across in the novel. He seems to be the perfect guy strong, young, goal oriented. A few early run ins with the law caused him to fall in to the life of crime with Santiaga. Winter shows her complete interest in him throughout the novel; however his loyalty to Santiaga and their five year age difference kept the two from ever hooking up. In actuality I got the impression he wasn’

What caused Sister Souljah to place herself in the center of her own novel? Though there not much literary content on this issue, I think she’s more of the saving grace in the book. She is the antagonist to the Santiaga’s lifestyle preaching self love and advocating fro people to stand up and be accounted for. Winter throughput the book shows her disgust for her; festering from Midnights apparent relationship and attraction with Souljah. When her character confronts a hospital ward of female AIDS patients, she delivers a message about the importance of women in community. The scene is tender and more real than 90 percent of the book, but it's Winter who looks at the death-bed audience and has the last word: "They were in need of hygiene and a fashion rescue mission." As cruel as that line is, it's funny. It also shows where her mind in maturity wise.

Materialism is another large aspect seen throughout the novel exhibited by many characters. “The first part plays like a protracted rap video: everything is fly and phat, winters father spares his wife and his daughters no luxury, and no thing is generic. Versace, Courvoisier, Chanel, and Moet—there are enough brand names to make Bret Easton Ellis Proud. Even her twin sisters are named Mercedes and Lexus (Elder).” Many of the main characters for the most part in the book exhibit this high need for all of the luxury and brand names. Santiaga. “His clothes were crisp and expensive. He never wore the same shirt twice (souljah2).” When Santiaga moved his family out of Brooklyn; he told them to leave all of there belongings in Brooklyn because they won’t need them. Moms, what she was referred to as throughout the book, was always found in the latest apparel. “When she went anywhere she was well coordinated. If she had on zebra a zebra skin hat, she’d sport the zeb

Some topics in this essay:
Sister Souljah, Midnight Winter’s, Bullet Probably, Coldest Winter, Lexus Elder”, Sterling He’s, Winter Santiaga, Brooklyn Island, Midnight Santaga’s, Corner Baltimore, throughout novel, zebra skin, sister souljah, 25 percent, brand names, throughout book, coldest winter,