Childhood Chironwas called "little" because of his short stature. He grew up in a single-parent family, and his motherdidn't care about him, and often yelled at him during drug addiction. In school, Chiron, who was shy and introverted, was also bullied. By chance, he became friends with the local drug dealer Juan . Juan taught him to swim, told him about his past, and gave him the fatherly love he lacked, but at the same time continued to sell drugs to Chiron's mother. All this made Chiron need to face the contradictions of human nature at a young age.
When he was a teenager, his mother's drug addiction became more and more serious, and he even had to rely on Chiron to pay, which made him miserable. After close contact withboy Kevin, Chirongradually realized his homosexuality. However, under the coercion of a group of "homophobic" gangsters, Kevin fought against Chiron and made Chiron distraught. In the end, he couldn't help resisting violence and leave his hometown.
As an adult, Chironhas a strong body and became a drug lord on the streets of Atlanta. But he couldn't let go of the past. With an unexpected phone call, he returned to his hometown of Miami to clear up his suspicions with his mother, and the meeting with "first love" Kevin was still tense. At the end of the story, he no longer cared about others' eyes and began to accept everything about himself.
