Tuesday, March 11, 2008
now or never.
A the end of the first part of the book, Richard has decided that he should move to the North. Of course he has already decided this, but now he has decided that he isn’t going to wait. He knows that if he waits and tries to save enough money before he leaves he will never get out. He decides that the best thing to do is to get out now, while he has the support of his brother and his mother. I think that this is a positive change. He even says himself that if he doesn’t leave now he might end up like Shorty, something he would rather die than do. With anything in life the longer you wait the less likely you are to do it. Leaving for the North now, and then making the money to bring his mother and brother up is the second best major decision yet in the book, the first being his decision to move North in the first place.
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J Krieb in the HeeZzZousE!
Hey Girl,
Basically I am back to your blog to comment since you seem to keep your commenting so simple, however, still being a good thing =]]
I completely agree with your blog. Richard making this decision go up north and make money for the rest of his family to come later on is a good idea and a positive change for Richard. I believe that his thought of ending up like Shorty is pretty darn scary to him. Shorty says that he will either just die there (in the south) or be killed by the whites. Having that state of mind of how you know your life is going to end up is scary. Not only is that terrifying to Richard, but it is even scary for me to think that people did indeed have that specific thought about their conclusion of their life and how their death would arise. AHhhhHh, sCARy isH!
Nice blog.
-Ieysha
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