Chapters 3 - 4 Discussion Questions

Chapter 3

1. Pichot's insistence that Jefferson "did it" redirected the plot narrative by setting a sad tone.  It allowed some of his more racist feelings to surface. He believes that the blacks are below them and barely acknowledges everything she says to him me. It's like he thinks of her as his slave even though she's a free woman.

2. Miss Emma was exhausted from Jefferson's trial and conviction. Grant knew that Miss Emma wanted his help, however he also knew that her mind was everywhere and she did not have the energy to beg him for help..

3. When Grant went away from college, he vowed to never enter through the servant's entrance of Pichot ever again. He refreshed that in his memory and how he felt that when he was young. It like things have never changed.

4. Miss Emma prevailed on Henri Pichot to speak to the sheriff because she knew blacks were often denied the right to speak their thoughts and feelings. Yet, their is much irony here as Miss Emma seems to have no problem speaking for herself.

Chapter 4

1. The description of Bayonne further expounds on the summation in Jefferson's trail by comparing him to a hog and how they were going to slaughter as one.

2. Grant wants to leave because he feels like he is not living his life to the fullest, he feels trapped in a sense. The only reason that he has not left is because he does not want to leave without Vivian.