Chapter 5
1.) The church was used as Grant's classroom.
2.) The school only meet for five and a half months because, for the rest of the year, the children were needed in the fields.
3.) I feel that Grant goes into such detail about how Jefferson will be killed simply to scare the children into learning so that they won't end up like Jefferson.
4.) Mr. Farrell tells Grant that Henri Pichot wants to meet with him at five that evening.
Quote 1:
"Every little thing was irritating me." pg.35
* Grant has become agitated by small things, that are branching off of his larger problem, the "man vs. self" conflict that he has encountered with having to teach Jefferson.
Quote 2:
"Do you know what his nannan wants me to do before they kill him? The public defender called him a hog, and she wants me to make him a man. Within the next few weeks, maybe a month, whatever the law allows - make him a man. Exactly what I'm trying to do here with you now: to make you responsible young men and young ladies." pg. 39
* This quote shows that deep down, Grant does indeed care about the future of the children, but his faith in them is little to none. Although Grant does not want to see the children end up in a situation similar to Jefferson's, due to the condition that they are being brought up in, he feels that there is not much that he can do.
Chapter 6:
1.) Chapter six takes place at Henri Pichot's plantation.
2.) Grant waits for Henri Pichot in the kitchen.
3.) I feel that maybe Ms. Edna makes Grant reach to shake her hand because she most likely feels superior to him, maybe such that she does not have to reach for him, that he should come to her.
4.) Grant acted with intelligence in the way that he spoke and answered Mr. Guidry's questions, this offended them. The intellect that Grant had acquired may have made them feel belittled as if they should be the only ones allowed a proper education.
Quote 1:
"I had come through that back door against my will, and it seemed that he and the sheriff were doing everything they could to humiliate me even more by making me wait on them. Well, I had to put up with that because of those in the quarter, but I damned sure would not add hurt to injury by eating at his kitchen table." pg.46
* In this quote the reader gains more understanding of the reason why Grant is so hostile about having to enter through the back door. By saying that he "would not add hurt to injury by eating at his kitchen table," one could assume that Grant refuses to be discriminated against. In previous times, people of the darker race were sent to eat at the kitchen table, instead of at the dining table with the whites, who viewed themselves as superior.
1.) The church was used as Grant's classroom.
2.) The school only meet for five and a half months because, for the rest of the year, the children were needed in the fields.
3.) I feel that Grant goes into such detail about how Jefferson will be killed simply to scare the children into learning so that they won't end up like Jefferson.
4.) Mr. Farrell tells Grant that Henri Pichot wants to meet with him at five that evening.
Quote 1:
"Every little thing was irritating me." pg.35
* Grant has become agitated by small things, that are branching off of his larger problem, the "man vs. self" conflict that he has encountered with having to teach Jefferson.
Quote 2:
"Do you know what his nannan wants me to do before they kill him? The public defender called him a hog, and she wants me to make him a man. Within the next few weeks, maybe a month, whatever the law allows - make him a man. Exactly what I'm trying to do here with you now: to make you responsible young men and young ladies." pg. 39
* This quote shows that deep down, Grant does indeed care about the future of the children, but his faith in them is little to none. Although Grant does not want to see the children end up in a situation similar to Jefferson's, due to the condition that they are being brought up in, he feels that there is not much that he can do.
Chapter 6:
1.) Chapter six takes place at Henri Pichot's plantation.
2.) Grant waits for Henri Pichot in the kitchen.
3.) I feel that maybe Ms. Edna makes Grant reach to shake her hand because she most likely feels superior to him, maybe such that she does not have to reach for him, that he should come to her.
4.) Grant acted with intelligence in the way that he spoke and answered Mr. Guidry's questions, this offended them. The intellect that Grant had acquired may have made them feel belittled as if they should be the only ones allowed a proper education.
Quote 1:
"I had come through that back door against my will, and it seemed that he and the sheriff were doing everything they could to humiliate me even more by making me wait on them. Well, I had to put up with that because of those in the quarter, but I damned sure would not add hurt to injury by eating at his kitchen table." pg.46
* In this quote the reader gains more understanding of the reason why Grant is so hostile about having to enter through the back door. By saying that he "would not add hurt to injury by eating at his kitchen table," one could assume that Grant refuses to be discriminated against. In previous times, people of the darker race were sent to eat at the kitchen table, instead of at the dining table with the whites, who viewed themselves as superior.
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