The Color of Water

The Color water is a story by James McBride. The story is the author's personal life. This memoir has  two main characters which is James McBride and Ruth. James is the author and main narrator of the memoir, he is artistically inclined. Like his mother, he places significant emphasis on his Christian faith and on family unity. As a young man, he expresses his confusion by succumbing to drugs and crime. Later, he becomes diligent and determined.

               The mother, Ruth also plays an important role in this story. She is the central figure of the memoir. she is the big-hearted mother of James and eleven other children. A Polish Jewish immigrant, she is spiritual, intelligent, determined, practical, and brave. She stresses the importance of work, school, and God. She chose an unconventional life, and succeeds in it because she has the grit and conviction to endure hardships. She doesn't talk to anybody.

               These are the two main characters of this memoir. These two characters have a lot of interactions between each other. They play central characters in this memoir and are the main characters who get involved in something or the other.They both are spiritual. They both have two different perspectives in the memoir.