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In the book Color Of Water: A black man's tribute to His white mother , James Mcbride uses direct characterization. James keeps you interested by including exactly what's going on such as "The shopping bag full of macaroni and cheese and sweet potato pies burst open and food flew open"(McBride 215).McBride puts events in his book that everyday people can relate to. "Mommy walking me to the bus stop and every afternoon picking me up standing on the corner " (McBride 11-12).As the book tell's McBrides experiences he also reveals his mothers past "I would take pennies from the store cash register so Frances and I could go to the chad wick movie theatre (Mcbride 82) ".