Class work

Knowledge

What happened after Bigger killed the rat?

After Bigger killed the rat he was told to take it out but he showed his sister and she fall out and his mother said sometimes I wonder why I even birthed you.

Comprehension

Who were the key characters in the second book?

The key characters in the second book are Bigger and Mary.

Application

What questions would you ask of Mary before she died?

The questions I would ask of Mary before she died would be” Why didn’t you go to college?’ “ Did you think of black people as equal to white people?” “ Why did you keep it a secret that you didn’t go to college and go out with that boy?”

Analysis

Which events could have happened if Bigger told the truth about killing Mary?

The events that could have happened if Bigger told the truth about killing Mary is that he would have went to jail which I think would have been for life because killing a white person in those days was a huge deal. I also think this because of the fact that it was still underground racism between blacks and white.

Synthesis

Can you see a possible solution to Bigger trying to become a man other than killing Mary?

Other possible solutions to Bigger becoming a man other than killing Mary I think is first is standing up to his fears, taking responsibility for his family and caring about the emotions of others.

I think that he could have stood on to his fears by telling his friends that he didn’t want to do the job. I think he could have told his friends this instead of putting someone else on the stop about doing the job. I also think he should have taken responsibility for his family in a better way then he did. I think he could of did this by thinking of their emotions and not just taking the job but caring. I think he could have showed this by wanting to take the job and not having his mother make him and beg him to take it.

In my conclusion for the question can you see a possible solution to Bigger trying to become a man other than killing Mary yes I do. These conclusions are standing up to his fears, taking responsibility for his family and caring about the emotions of others.


Evaluation

Judge the value of killing a white person in those days?

The value of killing a white person in those days I think is a very high charted crime. I think this because in those days even when slavery was over what white people thought of colored people was the same. They thought that we shouldn’t be given the chance to do things that they did.

I say that white people thought that they shouldn’t be given a chance at things that they can do because they didn’t think that we are equal. They didn’t think that we should be treated equal because of the color of our skin. So by a black person killing a white person in those days would put a black person at the top of the crime charts. They think that the killing of a white person doesn’t equal up to the killing of a black person.

In my conclusion for the question “Judge the value of killing a white person in those days” is that they doesn’t think that the killing of a white person doesn’t equal up to the killing of a black person. When you killed a white person in those days it was a crime of the highest standard.