Month: November 2016

I am thankful for my grandmother. I believe I have already told my life story on here once, which you kind find on my All About Me page. Any way, long story short, my grandmother took me in and gave me a place to live, food to eat, and made sure I had clothes to wear and I can never, ever make it up to her. She is always helpful to me and she never lets me down. Ok. Well, sometimes.

I am also thankful for my friends here at school who always support me, even when at my all-time lowest. They never go a day without having to reassure me of something and I appreciate them so much for putting up with that and tolerating me.  They always make sure I know that I’m loved and appreciated and they never fail to keep me happy. They never spend and entire day without annoying me but I love them anyway because without them, I would probably not be here.

I love you guys and the fact that I am still here is a blessing beyond compare. Every day I spend here is a day I could be dead or dying and I am so so very  thankful for that.

You guys take advantage of the time you have and you have no idea how much longer you are going to be. I’ve been to some pretty dark places and I know how it feels to not want to be here, but trust me. once you’re at the place where you feel like you are never going to get back up, when you cant stand up anymore without wanting to lay back down. when you end up in the hospital on life support. then you will finally understand what you have been missing and just how much you have taken advantage of an you are going to feel so bad about it. So please just be thankful for everyday you’ve got here and for every meal you get.

Have A Great Week Guys!!!!!

last night around ten or eleven, i witnessed a lynch mob gathered around a circle of light in front of the Maycomb County Jail. In the center of the light sat one of my closest friends, Atticus Finch. If it wasn’t for this brave man, our newest arrival in the Jail would’ve been killed. Maybe even hanged.

Now i, for one, believe that Tom Robinson deserves a fair trial in our courts, but these young, and old, men seem to think otherwise.

Mr. Tom Robinson is a man of the black race. he is a resident in our town, and even goes to First Purchase Church regularly. that is, util recently when he was accused of rape against dear Ms. Mayella Ewell.

The men that made up the lynch mob last night seemed to be all white men, as far as i could tell. They were trying to convince Atticus to let them into the jail so they could drag Robinson out and hang him.

they felt as though he didn’t deserve a fair trial. they thought it was best that the innocent woman would not have to face her rapist in trial, and therefore gave them every right to serve him justice themselves. It was a blacks man’s word against a young white woman.

I overheard one of the men saying that the only other people that would’ve held them back had been called off on a hunt, which gave them a perfect chance to ” take care of him”.

Atticus was in a pinch, and mightve gotten hurt if it wasnt for his young son and his friends.

Right when something bad might’ve happened and i might’ve had to use the gun i was using to protect sir Finch his daughter, jean Louise Finch, showed up. She was followed by Jem and a young man named Dill, if i’m correct his name is actually Charles Baker Harris.

Her daddy asked them to leave multiple times, but the kids, not knowing they were in danger, insisted on staying. when there was a moment of silence, young Scout asked a question that made all the men think, without her knowing the effect she was going to have.

She asked Mr. Cunningham a question about his son and reminded him that their families knew each other, and have always been helpful to him.

it got me thinking too. After all this, our families are still going to be friends.

Now Atticus Finch stood his ground for this man. because he was determined for Tom Robinson to have a fair trial and for the truth to come out. After scout was finished, all the men left with cool heads and they all had a bit of thinking to do. Hopefully some of these men changed their minds and even if they don’t want Tom to win, they might let him have a fair trial at least.

Kathryn E. Bolender

11/18/16

What did Mrs. Mobley have to say to Keith when he started researching the murder of Emmett Till? :

She told him ” Keith you’re about to grab a rattlesnake by the tail”

What did they have to say about each other?:

Keith: “Stanley Nelson – and I don’t want to talk bad about him – he knew I was working on this film. PBS turned me down many times; he’s a known documentarian. But I guess it was helpful that his film was done: it brought a lot of attention to this case.”                                                                                                   Stanley: “I’ve met him.”

How did Nelson feel about having made the film?:

“It’s a great feeling, it’s an incredible feeling, to be a bit part of this,” Mr. Nelson said of the Justice Department’s re-examination of the case. “The film was hard to make, it was emotional to make, it was also an honor to make.”