Letters to a Young Brother by Kamren

Letters to a Young Brother by Kamren - May 2017 Scholarship Essay

What book has best influenced your life and why?

Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper has best influenced by life. I like this book because it dispelled the stereotypical image of success that young people receive today and instead underlines other views of what it truly means to be a successful black male, such as educational and community achievements and self-respect.
This book has helped me reach my goal of going to college and pursuing my dream to because an Athletic trainer.

This book is for all young man, not just African American. Growing up in a single-parent home, raised by my mother, I appreciate Hill Harper’s views on relationships, money, goals and self-confidence. With all the violence and uncertainty young African American men face these day, I’m scared about certain aspects of my future. Leaving my mother’s home, going to a new environment, meeting new people; all of these thing frighten me a little but this provide provided valuable insight that allows me to see promise and positivity. After reading, I was able to express myself more to my family and friends of things I didn’t understand on my own.
Graduating in June, I am nervous but excited about what the future holds for me.