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Name: Shashank Sharma Double-Entry Reading Journal

Date: 1/23/11 Period: 1 or !u"k #inn $ha%ters 11-32

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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"(

)his chapter ser*es the dual purpose of #oth sho!ing theinfluence 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

friendand not #ecause he is aslave. )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 #eforesa*ing him sho!s that he chose to disregard that fact

!hich is definitely a step closer to #ecoming anti-sla*ery"

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nother !as enry Clay's /peeches and another !as

0r" unn's 2amily 3edicine !hich told you all a#out

!hat to do if a #ody !as sic+ or dead(

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 !asstronglyagainst 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 himselfsupported the merican /ystem and in effect the *ie!s of

the north$ for e5ample the anti-sla*ery mo*ement"

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0at truc+ dah is )/$ 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"(

)his passage is of monumental importance in the no*el as

it portrays a white#oy saying sorry to a black man and asla*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*erha*e #efriended &im" 3ore importantly he !ould never

ha*e apologied to a #lac+ man friend or other!ise"

ccording to the pac+et !e read acists *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"

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e5t /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 alltal+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"(

)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

satiriing 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 everyother 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 rangerfords 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 !asnot a *ery religious man in his time and his !riting

reflects his point of *ie! perfectly"

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)hen at the #ottom !as the #iggest line of all !hich

saidE @0I>/ 0 CI@0> A) 03I))>0"(

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 realied that this isthe case in real life as !ell" 2or e5ample people all o*er

the !orld s!arm to their )G,s to !atch pointless dramasho!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"

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