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The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963 By Chrisiphor Paul

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In the artical "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963" by Chrisiphor Paul, Kenny wonders why his brother Byron is so rude to people. Kenny treats people better than Byron. Kenny asists others and treats them with respect. Kenny has more respect for other people. On page 50 in the passage, even though Larry Dunn bullies him, Kenny feels horrible that Byron was beating him up. He walked away and could not watch anymore. Kenny felt it was wrong for him to be beaten. This shows that Kenny can understand the pain and, has respect for him cause he just stole gloves. Kenny treats people better than Byron, in chapter three when he first met Rufus he gave him half of his sandwich. Since he had just met him, he was practily a stranger and yet he

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