Thursday, May 15, 2014
Selma, Lord, Selma chs 18 & 19
Chapter 18 of the book describes the events of Bloody Sunday from Rachel's point of view. It also goes into the aftermath of the events of that day. The terrified mood in the apartments lead to a more somber gathering at the church. What struck you about the demeanor of the marchers later that night? How does the mood in the church change as the night goes on? How do Sheyann and Rachel respond to this? Why, in chapter 19, does Sheyann begin to believe that, due to the events of that Sunday, the blacks in Selma had won the war for civil rights? What leads her to that realization? Do you agree or disagree with her? Please respond in complete sentences and remember, spelling counts!
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What struck me most about the demeanor of the marchers later that night in the church was how solemn and of one mind they were. There seems to have been quiet and silence. The atmosphere was one of solitude, until someone shared a thought aloud. As the night goes on the atmosphere of silence begins to be broken. The mood changes with a simple humming of a song. Sheyann and Rachel respond to the humming by joining in and breaking the silence of the night. The room begins to have life again and hope comes alive in the church.
ReplyDeleteSheyann believes that the Blacks in Selma had won the war for civil rights because they did not give in to violent behavior. They stood fast to the belief of nonviolence. She realized that the events in Selma kept the movement alive because it was the people of Selma that faced the police beatings and tear gas. They never gave up! I agree with her, because their actions are like a prize fighter who takes all the beatings until the other fighter gets tired and they come back. They never give up just the like the people in Selma, they never stopped marching for freedom.
The marchers the night of Bloody Sunday were absolutely in a state of shock combined with disbelief, the majority that is. Some where terrified, some very very angry, and just plain sorrowful. Yet as the night wears on, their able to process what had happened to them and their fellow members and then the feelings are out of sorrow and shock and straight into anger. People begin to voice their opinion not in the neutral peace that they strives themselves to follow but now. Rachel and Sheyann also were in a state of shock and it turned into sorrow. They were upset just as the rest but maybe at that age they couldn't respond to the magnitude.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 19, Sheyann is going to have to go with them for a little while is and she's just a a very bright girl she is trying to celebrate in the only way she knows how.