Blog Assignment 3

Chapter 3 Questions:

1. How does Henry Pichot insistence that Jefferson "did it" redirect the plot narrative?  Henry Pichot really does not have a opinion of black African Americans. As I read in chapter 3, it states that Henry already defended Jefferson once and will not do it again.
2. Miss Emma keeps saying that Grant " doesn't have to go" to visit Jefferson in prison. The narrator comments, "She was looking at me but not seeing me , and not meaning what she was saying, either." What is Grant Implying by this, and what does he think she mean?  I think that Miss Emma is getting tired of telling Grant the same lines that I've read from chapter 2 when tante Lou and miss Emma were talking. Grant is implying about a reason to teach a Jefferson a lesson of becoming a man.
3. What does the back door of Henry Pichot's plantation house symbolize to Grant and his aunt? Why does having to entering the back door rankle grant?   The back door of Henry's plantation house symbolizes how things that haven't changed at all. The reason why it rankles grant is because when I read this chapter I've read something about ruts and that Miss Emma never wanted to go through the back door ever again.
4. How was Miss Emma prevail on Henry Pichot to speak to the sheriff on her behalf?  Miss Emma was asking Pichot a favor to convince his brother-in-law to allow grant to go to prison and teach Jefferson of how to become a man, not a hog. Also, Miss Emma keeps telling Pichot of all the years she spent working for the family.





Quotation Assignment

"I want the teacher visit my boy, I want the teacher make him know he's not a hog, he's a man, I want him to know that 'fore he go to that chair, Mr. Henry." Page 20 chapter 3

Does the quotation characterizes Grant, Jefferson, or another character? If so, in what ways does it characterize?                                         This quote characterizes grant, but it mostly characterizes Miss Emma, because Miss Emma gives a lot of credit and trust to Grant, because he is a teacher of a church and the University College, that's why Miss Emma needs grant to teach Jefferson a lesson of being a man.


Does the quotation relates to a theme? If so, what kind of theme ?                                                                This quote relates to an educational theme because, whenever you have a choice to make in your life do not make stupid decisions in life. People need to learn how to say NO to stuff that could lead them to trouble, for example like riding in a car with somebody you do not know and tries leading it to a robbery like in the first chapter of the Book.