Friday

Journal Entry 2

5 Things I Understand
  • in the south Howard is experiencing racial discrimination now that he is a negroe.
  • the first is when he wanted to get off at his top but the white bus driver dropped him off 8 blocks away from his stop.
  • A new quest comes along, that he wants to go deeper into the racial tensions betweens blacks and whites by going to the most hated place for blacks: Mississippi.
  • first impressions in MS is that negroes get comfort from their own race, and people are nice there.
  • I feel as if so far as a negroe he has not gone through what many go through everyday in the segregated south.

4 Questions

  • What is he thinking going to Mississippi?
  • how long does he plan on being there?
  • what is the significance of the four words on pg 69?
  • why is he in a man's home that doesn't like negroes?

3 Literary Techniques

  • Personification(p70) "bitterness dissolved in our delight"
  • Simile (p61): we turned like a small herd of cattle and drifted back to our seats".
  • Man vs Man (61): no sir, then you'd do as i say"

2 Vocab Words

  • Monochrome (61):
  • Emanated (62):

One sentence Summary:

Howard befins the true test of being a negroe in the dangerous state for blacks, Mississippi.