Through Donleavy's words alone, Maya's personal identity changes from embracing the day she graduates into the world to spoil it, saying, "It's horrible to be a Negro and have no control over my life, it was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and have charges made against my color without no chance of defense. (Angelo, 184 years old) This transforms his overall outlook on life from a positive perspective to a negative perspective simply through the speech of a