When I first started reading the first few pages of Heavy, I noticed that he mentioned several times how he wanted to talk about lies. However, that wasn’t the case. Kiese Laymon delivered us an accurate story of his life from what he has experienced. He provided us with only truth by mentioning all the negative events he had to face when he told himself that all he wanted to write were lies.

 In the prologue, Laymon witnesses a man beating up a woman and him and his mom were trying to stop him. Furthermore, in the first chapter we read about his mom threatening him with the belt. I believe that sharing these negative events in his life was a way for Laymon to express his truthfulness in his writings. This book is a way to express black culture and give us insight of what really goes on in their lives since many people don’t really understand what it’s like to be black. His style of writing is more natural than professional. He wrote the book based on how he talks.