Chameleon

这一章一开始作者就面临尴尬的身份，家里人除了妈妈外，都把他当作“白人”，犯错了也只是给一个口头警告，不敢揍他，怕他 turn blue and green and yellow and red...
走到哪里都是瞩目的对象，去参加个葬礼也要被围观。所有人都在透露一个信息：

HE IS DIFFERENT

因为language，他避免了很多不好的事，比如差点被抢劫，但也让他融入到了黑人的群体里面

Maybe I didn’t look like you, but if I spoke like you, I was you

因此在学校里面对身份认同时，选择了black这一边，因为

I saw myself as the people around me, and the people around me were black

words:

• all hell broke loose: suddenly there was a lot of noise, fighting, arguing or confusion

I soon learned that the quickest way to bridge the race gap was through language

• bridge the gap/ gulf/ divide (between A and B): to reduce or get rid of the differences that exist between two things or groups of people
  仿句: There is no way to bridge the gap between the Malfoy and Harry

English is the one thing that can give you a leg up

• give an a leg up: to help sb to improve their situation
  仿句：My best friend always give me a leg up when I was in trouble

I did speak African languages immediately endeared me to the black kids

• endear: v. to make sb/yourself popular
• endear sb/yourself to sb
  仿句：Alice was a friendly girl who endeared herself to all her friends