Same Kind of Different as Me (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Denver Moore: A homeless black male, who is afraid to let anyone get to close to him. He grew up as a sharecropper in Louisiana, picking cotton for "The Man."
• Ron Hall: A affluent art dealer married to Deborah Hall.
• Deborah Hall: Ron's wife, a kindhearted, giving woman who spends her life helping the homeless people find God and lead better lives.
• Regan Hall: Ron and Deborah's daughter.
• Carson Hall: Ron and Deborah's son.
• Miss Debbie: The affectionate name Denver used to call Deborah.
• Mary Ellen Davenport: Mary Ellen, wife of Alan, helped out at the mission with Deborah and Ron.
• Mr. Ballantine: An elderly invalid man cared for by Denver. Mr. Ballantine was racist and spoke against Christians.
• Thurman: Denver's older brother.
• Denver moore: Denver was a stereotype of homelessness until he met john and his wife. the story builds on mutual trust and the outcome was a lasting and true friendship between the two men
• Bobby: A big-hearted white boy who befriends Denver as a child.
• Hershalee: Denver's younger sister that he moved with after Uncle James passed.
• Big Mama: Denver's grandmother
• James: Denver's Uncle
• Etha: Denver's Aunt
• Daphene: Deborah's sister
• Alan Davenport: Mary Ellen's husband
• Pearlie: Add a description of this character.
• Jim
• Michael
• Dr. Goldstein
• Brother Brown
• Russell
• Mr. Scott
• Don Shisler
• Jack
• Amos
• Mr. Crowfoot
• Tom
• Poopsie
• Kildee

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• “Ron asks Denver to be his friend. Denver takes time to think about what this means, and then tells Ron:"Bout bein your friend."....."There's somethin I heard 'bout white folks that bothers me, and it has to do with fishin."...........He spoke slowly and deliberately, keeping me pinned with that eyeball....."I heard that when white folks go fishin they do somethin called 'catch and release'. .........."That really bothers me, " Denver went on. "I just can't figure it out. 'Cause when colored folks go fishin, we really proud of what we catch, and we take it and show it off to everybody that'll look. Then we eat what we catch......in other words, we use it to sustain us. So it really bothers me that white folks would go to all that trouble to catch a fish, then when they done caught it, just throw it back in the water."........."So, Mr. Ron, it occurred to me: If you is fishin for a friend you just gon' catch and release, then I ain't got no desire to be your friend." ............Suddenly his eyes gentled and he spoke more softly than before: "But if you is lookin for a real friend, then I'll be one. Forever."”

• “cause ever person that looks like a enemy on the outside ain't necessarily one on the inside”

  Denver

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• The Word says God don't give us credit for lovin the folks we want to love anyway. No, He gives us credit for loving the unlovable. The perfect love of God don't come with no conditions, and that's the kind of love Miss Debbie showed the folks at the mission.

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• 'So, Mr. Ron, it occurred to me: If you is fishin for a friend you just gon' catch and release, then I ain't got no desire to be your friend.'

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• But I found out everybody's different-the same kind of different as me. We're all just regular folks walkin down the road God done set in front of us. The truth about it is, whether we is rich or poor or somethin in between, this earth ain't no final restin place. So in a way, we is all homeless just workin our way toward home.

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• I remembered what C. S. Lewis said of the clash between grief and faith: 'The tortures occur,' he wrote. 'If they are unnecessary, then there is no God, or a bad one. If there is a good God, then these tortures are necessary for no even moderately good Being could possibly inflict or permit them if they weren't.'

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Red River Parish, Louisiana: Denver Moore grew up as a sharecropper on a plantation in Red River Parish.
• Texas
• Fort Worth
• Dallas
• San Antonio

Organizations edit see section history

• Union Gospel Mission: Provides food for the soul and food for the body to homeless people in Ft Worth, TX.

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• homelessness: Early major events in the story take place in a homeless shelter, where the immense poverty and rocky life homeless people face is brought before us. Denver's personality reflects how homelessness scarred his life.
• forgiveness: When the going gets rough there is always someone who looks past that rough exterior and heads straight for the heart. Ms. Debbie always wanted to reach in and get to know people no matter their race. So when Denver came looking rough and tough she looked past his history and instead dived for the person he is now.
• faith: Describe this theme.
• prejudice
• sickness and suffering
• Slavery: The transition from slavery to share cropping kept some African Americans in no-pay serfdom. As share croppers, "The Man" controlled the work day, the employee housing, and all their purchased supplies through his own company store. Children like Denver may have never attended school.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ron Hall (Author)
2. Denver Moore (Author)
3. Lynn Vincent (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Christian Retailing's Retailer's Choice Award (Finalist, 2009, nominated)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: F394.F7 H155 2006b
• Dewey: 976.453150630922

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Religious
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National › African-American & Black
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Spirituality
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Other Practices
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Same Kind of Different As Me: Official site.

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• Same Kind of Difference As Me (IMDb)

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