Themes

One of the main lessons through this chapter is the struggle of teen pregnancy. Being pregnant as a teenager is one of the hardest things one can go through at that age. You are going through financial difficulty and loss of time but overall people cruelly judge you because you are young and unmarried. In Harvest, Evans gives you an inside look to this struggle. As the reader you watch Angel grow from handling things childish to maturely and more coming of age in the end. When the story starts she is already an outsider because of her financial problems and the color of her skin. So when she gets pregnant she feels even more of an outsider, which brings her down. Being pregnant affect the black female body as well. Besides the fact that she is black, her body is going to go through other physical changes with being pregnant which will cause her to stand out even more. It is hard enough to be a white pregnant teen, but being a black pregnant teen is even more difficult. At this day in age, the government also condemns girls who are pregnant at such at young age and because of this society follows. Angel shows us how she goes through this and her feelings through the whole process.