Blog #11 Response to Mimi Heald

I agree with Mimi that both stories definitely talked about the importance of a noble death.  In both stories, there is talk about how African American went through brutal deaths and white people would just watch and yell.  I think this is a very disturbing thought and the fact that there was no respect when the African Americans were killed is unbelievable.  I think further that the authors were trying to describe these terrible actions to make the readers cringe and understand how terrible the lynchings were that took place back during that time period.  One part that really stood out to me as well is when the man is describing to the reverand why he lies.  It really shows the fear that the fugitive man has for the terrible death that he had watched happen to his friend.  Mimi does a really good job of describing the important points of both of these readings and shows the pain that the African Americans experienced during these lynchings.  I can't imagine watching a friend go through that horrible experience, and it was an almost normal thing during that time.