Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.

Monday, February 22, 2016

Ronald's POV

In these chapters, we start to get Ronald's point of view. Some things to think about:


  • How does that pov affect/change your reading of Jennifer's chapters? 
  • He gives us descriptions of his earlier criminal offenses (the earlier rape charge and the breaking and entering at the donut shop). Why does he write about these charges? How do they affect your reading of what ultimately happened to him? Some police officers (and others) will argue that it doesn't matter if someone is charged for a crime he didn't commit if he's a repeat offender b/c he probably has done other things he's gotten away w/. Do you have any problems w/ that logic?
  • What do you think about the fact that he was tried by an all-white jury? Is that a problem? (Before you say "Back then (in the 90s), that kind of thing happened," check out this editorial from The Times from last year: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/opinion/excluding-blacks-from-juries.html )
  • Look at p. 84. What is the significance that Ronal had a white girlfriend? 
Posted by at

3 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 26, 2016 at 2:06 PM

    Ronald's point of view shows that Jennifer might not be 100% right that Ronald was the one who attacked her. I think the reason that Ronald shared his past was because he was trying to tell the readers that people can change. although he had committed some crimes before but that doesn't mean the authorities can charge him with rape.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownMarch 2, 2016 at 2:23 PM

    Ronald's point of view changes in a way that allows me to give him a chance to understand, relate, and to make his case believable. He writes about his charges to put what hes accused of that has been proven to show he is comfortable sharing that info due to believing in his innocence at that point. Police officers will argue the truth the same way Justice does and delivers. Cotton may have been wrong somewhere, and he may have payed for those doings. No, I have problems that don't include some officers logic. The, 'All white Jury' has nothing to do with the decision. It does has something to do with how he is seen and what they are leaning on to persuade the Judge. The girl is white. The girl being Jennifer. Jennifer and Ronald's girrlfriend are white. It plays a tremendous part on everyone involved and their psyche.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)