1. Grant's classroom was the church as discussed on page 34. This is the reason why the class encounter there.
2. Grant was supposed to teach this class for six months of that year, but he actually would allowed to teach five and a half months when the children were not needed in the field. Also on page 34, he would start doing that from late October to the middle of April.
3. Grant goes into a lot of detail regarding Jefferson. He would say that Jefferson will be killed because he is very irritate with many thing that stuck on his mind. So, he vents to his students to cause them unhappiness due to his emotions as well.
4. When Mr. Farrell arrived in the classroom, he bring the news about Mr. Pichot and he wanting to speak to Grant on that evening.
Quotes
''In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.'' ''The lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.'' Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, believe also in me.'' (pg 33)
''Jesus wept.'' (pg 34)
Chapter 6
1. Grant has gone to Mr. Pichot's house so that he can meet with about Jefferson.
2. Grant sits and waits in Mr. Pichot's kitchen for about 2 and a half hours.
3. Edna makes Grant to shake hands even though she doesn't want to get close to him. She probably was afraid due to the color of his skin and she tries to be polite from a distance.
4. Grant was acting like he was very clever towards the white man, which resulted to Grant insulted him. Grant reveals that he is not as dull as the white saw him.
Quote
''There ain't a thing you can put in that skull that ain't there already.'' (pg 50)
'' To show too much intelligence would have been an insult to them. To show a lack of intelligence would have been a greater insult to me. I decided to wait and see how the conversation would go.'' (pg 47)
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