Throughout the stories, the interviews do not help getting to know people; it just helps them make a conversation. There were many themes that came up during many of the stories. For example, there was the Vietnamese war and civil rights. The author says that “passion runs deep in these matters.” The author does not understand why people with a good amount of money break into a dispute about stupid things. For example, the author witnessed a fight about Buffalo wings. It happened at his mom’s hotel and the men called each other mean names. They would call each other “liars” and those abusive words started the fight. Humiliation was the worst part of the story. The author thinks that everyone is unique because of their experiences.
Dennis Hart:
Dennis Hart
became a republican precinct captain and chairman for Goldwater campaign. He
accomplished all of these goals because he wanted to prove to himself that he
was not a coward. His ideal way of dying
would be to be on the battlefield feeling worthy of his life and have pride in
himself. Hart was talking about religion and how atheists are the most afraid
of bombs because they are not able to pray that they don’t die and they only
believe in having one life. Hart explained that he never had a real home because
he moved around all the time which was the cause of most of his fears. One of
his jobs involved working as a guard for a county jail. From that experience,
he had become more insensitive because he saw and heard many things that were
unbearable to remember. One person that he looks up to is General MacArthur
because he had a lot of pride in everything that he did. MacArthur was a famous
general who played a prominent role in the pacific war. He loved his people but
he never showed much emotion. He did not take into affect what the majority of
the people thought was right, he always acted on what he thought was right.
Lucy
Jefferson:
Lucy lived
in a life with not much money and her kids were constantly worrying about how
much money they had and if they paid the rent for the month. She worked at Wesley
Hospital for 11 years as a physical therapist. She had the best time working
there, but she did not get paid that much so she always had to by food on sale
and stay on a budget. She did not get a very good education so she would self
educate herself by reading different books. She thought she was breaking the
stereotype that African Americans are ignorant and are not able to read. Her
kids went to school and she received letters from their school saying that her
child was not working to his full potential. This was not something that she
wanted to here because she was working and having trouble of her own. She did
not want something to go wrong on top of that. Jefferson thought that her son
was being lazy in school, but she found out that he was not able to read. At school,
he was put in a room with other students who were not able to read instead of
trying to teach him. The school decided which students they wanted to teach and
which students were too much work for them. This is horrible because in the
United States, each individual child is supposed to have the same amount of
chance of getting an education as another student. This shows that people are
prejudice and only want to teach kids who are already smart and don’t need to
learn as much. Education is very important for kids and this shows that the
education system is not exceeding its values.
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