Wednesday

Final Post #5

5 Things I Understand
  • Howard finally left the south and headed home after his 5 month journey in the south as a black man.
  • When he gets home he is unsure whether he would still be welcomed into his parents home, but he was when he got there.
  • When he gets home, he had learned of people burning crosses outside if his home.
  • He received abusive letters from many white southerners.

4 Questions i have

  • whose idea was it to leave for Mexico to start a new life?
  • Does he think his life is in danger?
  • who is that person that planned to castrate him?
  • where does he go from here?

3 Literary Techniques

  • Oxymoron (157) : "Their silence was eloquent and devastating".
  • Man Vs Man: don't expect me to get excited over this " historical turning point". (178)
  • Man vs society: " a new sign had came, NO ALBINOS ALLOWED".

2 Vocab Words

  • Incessantly:
  • Laudable:

1 Sentence Summary

Howard returns back home to racial real life personal discrimination. but he comes above to talk about his experience as a black man and what really was like to walk in their shoes.

1 comment:

no name said...

MICHAEL WAS HERE!