James McBride, the author of my summer reading book—“The Color of Water”, had found out his identity through feedbacks from other people as well as his own thoughts and emotions. Identity is defined as “the distinct personality of an individual.” Many factors make up one’s identity, such as race, religion and one’s relationship with people. One aspect of identity is the color of one’s skin. People always stared at McBride’s …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…Daddy”, it talked about that appearance of his stepfather who’s also a nice black man and added four more kids to his family. A person must overcome some obstacles in order to get to know the true himself. In “The Color of Water”, James McBride researched for his identity, as everybody must do in his childhood. His success on finding his own identity and overcoming challenges were profoundly illustrated in “The Color of Water.”