Forged by fire is written by Sharon M Draper. It took place around 1997 . The setting of the book was at Aunt Queens house , the hospital and Monique house. This book is about a young men named Gerald . He has been living with his Aunt Queen until she died and now him and his sister Angel lives with their alcholic mother Monique and her abusive boyfriend Jordan and life there is not very well .
From the very beginning of the story Gerald has had to sit in his cold nasty squishy poop when he used it on his self. His mom would always tell him he is useless and he is not worth anything . In the beginning drugs and drinking was a big part of the story. Monique would always leave Gerald home alone when he was three years old , so she could go get drugs . Once when she left him home alone Gerald caught the house on fire which caused Gerald mom to loose custidy of his and Aunt Queen started taking care of him.
Then in middle of the story the author developed the theme very well. After aunt queen died Gerald had to go live with his mom , Monique and her boyfriend Jordan along with his little sister Angel. With Gerald and Angel living with Monique and Jordan it was akward because Angel was very uncomfortable around Jordan because he would always touch her . That developed the theme of the middle of the story because it showed Gerald how strong he was and that he can protect his little sister Angel. Also he was going through a lot a lot of family issues and Gerald and his sister Angel was miserable . He found Angel in her room shaking and sobbing.
During the end of the book the theme kinda changed . The theme to me seemed like it was that if you see someone doing something to someone that they are not supposed to do then do sit back and watch , speak up and stop it. Gerald realized that Jordan was raping/abusing his little sister Angel. Gerald couldn’t sit around knowing what was going on and not say nothing . Angel was sad and Gerald was disapointed because he sat around continusly and not doing anything about Jordan rude behavior towards Angel. So finally Gerald had enough and stood up for Angel
Gerald begins rearranging his schedule so he never leaves Angel alone with Jordan, and he finally tells his friend Rob Washington’s dad about the molestation. Mr. Washington helps him call the police, who are able to catch Jordan in the act. Which ended the story and Gerald and Angel had a better life and was happy.