This startling depiction of what it was like to grow up a poor. Lola teaches her to dress nicely and accentuate her body. Into this confusion, in 1968, Moody published her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi. She also meets among her coworkers Lola and Lily White, two gay men who she befriends. She is promoted from dishwashing, to busgirl, eventually to a waitress, and she learns about every aspect of the restaurant business from cooking to managing money – another leadership skill for her. Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody 10,462 ratings, 4.12 average rating, 688 reviews Open Preview Coming of Age in Mississippi Quotes Showing 1-13 of 13 I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people. She is a gorgeous girl and all the boys find her very attractive. The next summer (summer of sophomore year) she goes back and scab workers were no longer needed, but she finds a job with Grandma Winnie in a restaurant. She also goes back to school feeling more mature than the other kids because of what she had to go through and what she understands of the world after working behind the picket fence. She is sickened so much by this experience that she doesn't eat chickens for years after.

Then she goes and works as a scab worker at a slaughterhouse of chickens. 'Coming of Age in Mississippi - Analysis' eNotes Publishing Ed. At first, she is ripped off of two-weeks worth of work by Mrs. Dive deep into Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.

She finds that a good job is hard to come by. Over the summer, Anne goes to New Orleans to live with her Uncle Ed in hopes of finding a high-paying job as a waitress.

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