Bucking+the+Sarge

**Bucking the Sarge** //by Christopher Curtis//
**Description:** Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan. His mother, aka the Sarge, milked the system to build an empire of slum housing. Luther's just one of the people trapped in the Sarge's Evil Empire - but he's about to bust out. //Source: Borders.com// =Bucking the Sarge Q and A= 1. Who is the Sarge? Luther's mother. 2.What is Luther's science project on? Lead in paint and its dangers.


 * Q:** //Why does Luther feel that his science fair wins are also wins against the Sarge's philosophy? How is he wrong?//
 * A:** The Sarge tells Luther that it is not what you know, but who you know, but Luther disagrees. He thinks that his two years of winning the science fair are due to his knowledge, and proof of his philosophy. However, it turns out that the Sarge was coercing the judges to put his project in first place.


 * Q:** //What is the "sucker path"?//
 * A:** The "sucker path" is the path in life that leads a minority person to struggling to make ends meet, working minimum wage or barely above for long hours, and getting discriminated against due to race and income.