In the book - if you come softly why does jeremiah feel ashamed when he sees a monkey playing basketball?

The book "If you come softly" was written by Jacqueline Woodson.

The main characters in the story are Jeremiah or Miah and a girl named Elisha or Ellie. They are two teenagers that met in high school and fell in love.

The main themes in the novel are love,religion,social anda racial differences.In the same line as the afore -mentioned topic, Jeremiah remembered an episode of his childhood that involved a cartoon monkey playing basketball. When he saw this , first of all,it caught his attention and provokes shame on him. He felt this way because somehow he felt represented in that monkey as he loved playing this sport. However, to him, the moment he played basketball was the moment his black colour was most notorious.

His impression was that the outside(the society in general,tv commercials)was trying to impose the idea that black people were a problem.

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.

“asleep in his bed” is personified.