One is first presented with interviews that explain the backdrop to these riots. The first

Strength from that idea. If enough lights come together things like these riots can be prevented in the future. The last two monologues both speak of being put off as idealistic. Both of the people grew up in bad neighborhoods where many of the adults surrounding them were bitter and disillusioned from years of the same problems that caused these riots in the first place. From their idealism both arrived at nicknames involving the concept of light, the young woman, "Lucia" and the man "Twilight Bey." Their nicknames come from admiration and appreciation for their brilliance, from their friends and family "'Light' is a word that symbolizes knowledge, knowing, wisdom, within the Koran and the Holy Bible." The hope this book ends with represents Smith's belief in change. These two hopeful voices complete the book with a lot of strength. "And one of the things we have was faith, convictions. That we have the power within ourselves, that we can change things."

The last two stories in Smith's piece come together as one entity. These pieces are made up of similar ideas from similar people with a similar sense of hope. These people are used to represent that these "dreamers." In using more than one person Smith draws

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Hills Hotel, There's Sheinbaum, Los Angeles, Holy Bible, Uncle Abraham, Officer Sheinbaum, Mexican American, Twilight Bey, , Rodney King, police brutality, gain understanding, police officer, people city, white policemen,
Approximate Word count = 1504
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)