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The superintendent acted as if he had a vendetta out for Grant's classroom. Of course you could assume he was racist. He was very strict with things such as hygiene. I would feel offended if an individual tried to tell me how he thinks everything should go. For the most part this chapter made me reflect on how rude and inconsiderate higher powers were to blacks at this time.

 Chapter 6 helped me understand how much hope was placed in peoples spirits. Sheriff Sam's statement made me feel as if everyone could care less about Jefferson. Nobody did not even care that he did not have a fair trial. Sam cares to some extent, warning Grant that if he violates Jefferson's visiting rights he could lose them.

   This chapter made me reflect on the fact that teachers are not allowed to teach religion in school. Not just Christianity. It also made me feel like that was Grant's last hope as well as the student's. The author also shows that Grant really takes his job seriously when he hit the boy. I also inferred that he is connected with his students. Which today teachers do. So this chapter made me compare and contrast how schools were then and now.

I was surprised when I read about Grant and Vivian. Finding that Grant had some type of romantic relations with a legally married women surprised me. I could understand that Vivian was going though a divorce though, it just was not finalized. When Grant proposed that he wanted her to run away with her it made me wonder what he was really running away from. Was it the problem his race was facing at the time or the task at hand. Which was teaching Jefferson to be a man. I love the fact that Vivian stayed true to her calling or "commitment"; teaching the black children. Proving this was devoted to what she was doing and willing to do whatever it takes for her people to come on top.

Reading this chapter really put me in a position to see what life really was like for blacks in the 1940's. Here you see a character by the name of Jefferson. He got sentenced with the death penalty because of a shooting a convenience store. Knowing only he side of what happened it leaves a mystery if what actual happened. I was angry at how the attorney described Jefferson and the unfair trial he was given. With no investigation, he was just given the death penalty. I also felt that Jefferson could have done something about the shooting situation, but I also understand that he was in shock and did not know what to do.

Chapter 2 While reading this I felt there was a theme of angels and demons. I also felt a connection with Grant. When he was narrating, I could infer that he was used to hearing discrimination cases such as this. He consistently made statements on how he knew things would turn out the way they did. Throughout the chapter, Grant felt hopeless. Going on making statements on how Jefferson is already dead whether or not his aunt and Miss Emma wanted to admit it. Both of them stayed persistent with hope, saying that things could change. I felt connected to Grant because usually when looking at certain situations I always see things in the negative, when people around me see the positives. Chapter 3    This chapter contained the theme of Judgement. Throughout this chapter I was enraged at the fact that Henri assumed that Jefferson committed the crime based off of an unfair trial. Also he did not see any remorse towards the aunt despite the fact that she had done so much for him and his

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QkCLYGkjGSFZIw7yjgnWqq1mYgz_9ttHO_kIY2rmZc8/edit#slide=id.gc6f75fceb_0_0 This speech was rather interesting to analyze because it was given by someone around my age group. Not to leave out the fact that the speaker experienced the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School. When listening to the speech I could tell that the speaker felt so passionate about the situation by her expression words. She added emphasis on every fact that she put out. It inspired me as a citizen for the fact that so many political officials have taken away regulations put in place for mental illness and gun control. I now know that in order to make a change speak out I must voice my beliefs and vote when I am of age. She also made it clear that it is not the students fault that the shooter acted out, but the family figures around the him. Which inspires me that when I have people that look up to me around me to be a positive figure to them and not