The people who live around the garden on Gibb St. in Cleveland, Ohio, all come from different backgrounds, races, and ethnicities. They go about their lives without really knowing their neighbors caught up in their own routines and cultures. The garden is the catalyst that brings them all together in accomplishing a goal. Neighbors start leaving their apartments, they start to clean up the trash, and most importantly, they start to meet each other.
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The people who live around the garden on Gibb St. in Cleveland, Ohio, all come from different backgrounds, races, and ethnicities. They go about their lives without really knowing their neighbors caught up in their own routines and cultures. The garden is the catalyst that brings them all together in accomplishing a goal. Neighbors start leaving their apartments, they start to clean up the trash, and most importantly, they start to meet each other.
One of the best examples that shows the growth in community is with the character, Amir. Amir is from India and doesn’t think America is a very friendly place because back in India, everyone knows his or her neighbors. When Amir starts growing huge vegetables, particularly eggplants, he draws the other gardeners to him. Suddenly, he is talking to them and making friends. The garden becomes the common thing that makes them begin “growing” as a community instead of just individuals.
Leona also shows how taking action can bring a community together. Leona fights for the city of Cleveland to clean up the lot for the residents, and she doesn’t give up until she achieves it. Unable to get satisfaction over the phone, Leona takes a bag full of trash from the lot and dumps in the office of the department that oversees city clean up. Because Leona takes the action she does, she is able to bring the people together in the story to start their gardens and their relationships with each other.
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