Name: Date:

Shashank Sharma 1/23/11 Period: 1

Double-Entry Reading Journal or !u"k #inn $ha%ters 11-32

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Chapter 16 Page 8789

'he book says: I couldn't get that out of my conscience no ho! nor no !ay" It got to trou#ling me so I couldn't rest$ I couldn't stay still in one place % I got to feeling so mean and so misera#le I most !ished I !as dead" I fidgeted up and do!n the raft a#using myself to myself and &im !as fidgeting up and do!n past me % 'e's !hite"(

-nother !as 'enry Clay's /peeches and another !as 0r" 1unn's 2amily 3edicine !hich told you all a#out !hat to do if a #ody !as sic+ or dead( Chapter 17 Page 1.1

Chapter 16 Page 86

0at truc+ dah is )7-/'$ en trash is !hat people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en ma+es 'em ashamed % It !as fifteen minutes #efore I could !or+ myself up to go and hum#le myself to a nigger$ #ut I done it and I !arn't e*er sorry for it after!ards neither" I didn't do him no more mean tric+s and I !ouldn't done that one if I'd a +no!ed it !ould ma+e him feel that !ay"(

( say: )his chapter ser*es the dual purpose of #oth sho!ing the influence on 'uc+ #y deep seated southern morals as !ell as sho! 'uc+,s ongoing internal struggle against these same morals" -fter reading the *ie!s on pro-sla*ery I no! +no! ho! hard it must ha*e #een for 'uc+ to ma+e the decision that he made" )his passage sho!s that 'uc+ is acti*ely fighting those morals #ut only !ithin himself" 'e does nothing to oppose sla*ery as an institution #ut only opposes it !hen it suits him #est" I #elie*e 'uc+ decides to sa*e &im #ased on the fact that &im is 'uc+,s friend and not #ecause he is a slave. )herefore 'uc+ has a long !ay to progress #efore he can #rea+ the shac+les holding him to southern #eliefs" 'o!e*er the fact that 'uc+ thought a#out the fact that &im is a sla*e #efore sa*ing him sho!s that he chose to disregard that fact !hich is definitely a step closer to #ecoming anti-sla*ery" 4hile reading this passage the name 'enry Clay struc+ me as significant as I ha*e #een learning a#out him in social studies class" 'enry Clay !as a master politician of his time and came up !ith a plan to fi5 the country,s economic pro#lems" 'is plan consisted of a national #an+ protecti*e tariff and internal impro*ements" )his !as significant at the time #ecause support for this #ill !as split along sectional lines$ the north !as in fa*or of it and the south !as strongly against it" )herefore I found it ironic ho! a prominent family in the south !ould ha*e a #oo+ !ith speeches #y someone !ho !as a hero of the north" Perhaps it !as to sho! the ignorance of southerners or may#e to sho! that 3ar+ )!ain himself supported the -merican /ystem and in effect the *ie!s of the north$ for e5ample the anti-sla*ery mo*ement" )his passage is of monumental importance in the no*el as it portrays a white #oy saying sorry to a black man and a sla*e" )his sort of #eha*ior !as unheard of at the time of this no*el as most people in the south !ere racist" )he fact that 'uc+ hum#les( himself to &im in my eyes separates him from the #latant racism in the south" -lthough it does not pro*e he is an a#olitionist as it too+ him fifteen minutes #efore he could con*ince himself to do it this act sho!s that 'uc+ !ithout a dou#t is not racist" If 'uc+ !as racist he !ould for one thing ne*er ha*e #efriended &im" 3ore importantly he !ould never ha*e apologi8ed to a #lac+ man friend or other!ise" -ccording to the pac+et !e read 7acists *ie!ed #lac+s as animals !ith no feelings so the fact that 'uc+ feels sorry for &im and for hurting him pro*es that he is not a racist"

Chapter 18 Page 1.9

9e5t /unday !e all !ent to church a#out three mile e*ery#ody a-horse#ac+" )he men too+ their guns along so did :uc+ and +ept them #et!een their +nees or stood them handy against the !all" )he /hepherdsons done the same" It !as pretty ornery preaching--all a#out #rotherly lo*e and such-li+e tiresomeness$ #ut e*ery#ody said it !as a good sermon and they all tal+ed it o*er going home and had such a po!erful lot to say a#out faith and good !or+s and free grace and preforeordestination and I don't +no! !hat all that it did seem to me to #e one of the roughest /undays I had run across yet"(

Chapter <1 Pages 1=6-16.

)o #e or not to #e$ that is the #are #od+in )hat ma+es calamity of so long life$ 2or !ho !ould fardels #ear till :irnam 4ood do come to 0unsinane :ut that the fear of something after death 3urders the innocent sleep 1reat nature's second course -nd ma+es us rather sling the arro!s of outrageous fortune % )'> ?I91'/ C-3>@>AP-70 A7 )'> 7AB-@ 9A9>/CC'DDD -dmission 6. cents" )hen at the #ottom !as the #iggest line of all !hich saidE @-0I>/ -90 C'I@07>9 9A) -03I))>0"(

)his passage is a perfect e5ample of satire in this no*el" In this passage )!ain depicts men going to church !ith guns #et!een their +nees !hich is )!ain,s !as of po+ing fun at religion and its o#*ious hypocrisies" )!ain is satiri8ing the fact that people feel it disrespectful and inappropriate to conduct *iolence on a /unday as it is the day to go to church" 'o!e*er they feel it is o+ay every other day. )hey try and #eha*e themsel*es in church as #est as possi#le too loo+ good in front of god and also to loo+ good in front of eachother" )he 1rangerfords and /hepherdson,s are depicted !ith guns #et!een their +nees( as an emphasis on the fact that the only peace #et!een the t!o families in at church" -ll other times it is ;ust fine to +ill each other" )his passage along !ith another instance in the #eginning of the #oo+ !hen )om /a!yer,s gang refuses to meet on /undays sho!s )!ain,s #itterness and s+epticism of religion" )!ain !as not a *ery religious man in his time and his !riting reflects his point of *ie! perfectly" I feel that his passage !as *ery cle*er and Fuite amusing ho! the 0u+e and the ?ing strung together many different /ha+espearean plays into one soliloFuy" 'o!e*er as I had anticipated no one sho!ed up to !atch it" )hen !hen they put up complete trash the !hole to!n sho!s up" I feel this is *ery ironic as you !ould e5pect people !ould !ant to see a classic play o*er *ulgar and disgusting gar#age #ut that is not the case" I ha*e reali8ed that this is the case in real life as !ell" 2or e5ample people all o*er the !orld s!arm to their )G,s to !atch pointless drama sho!s such as )he &ersey /hore #ut you !ill ne*er find people so e5cited a#out reading a classic peace of literature" -lthough this is unfortunate it is !hat I see in my e*eryday life"

Chapter <6 Pages 16= - 17.

)he ?ing pretends to #e a preacher in order to ma+e the to!nspeople less suspicious"

In this part of the no*el )!ain ta+es another sta# at religion" )he ?ing !ho is a lying and cheating scoundrel pretends to #e a prominent religious figure" 'e does this to ma+e the to!nspeople trust him and it !or+s" -nother e5ample of this is !hen he decides to gi*e the money to the girls as a !ay of misleading the to!nspeople further" )his is )!ain,s !ay of satiri8ing the religious institution$ that there are many corrupt and dishonest people !ithin the ran+s of many churches" )hese people ta+e ad*antage of their position and use it to con and cheat people" 'e !ants to ma+e a point that religious figures are not !hat they seem and that religion itself is not !hat it seems to #e" 'e feels religion is an institution for corrupt shameful people !ho are trying to ma+e up for their sins in the presence of other such people"