We discussed the similarities and differences between Grant's school and CHS. The lists that we came up with were great and showed that the schools are very different and only have a few similarities.
We also met Mr. Antoine, Grant's old teacher. He told his students to run, that was their only option. Grant reflects on his classmates who proved the old man right. They went away and died in other cities or killed others or just went somewhere and died slowly. Mr. Antoine hates Grant, because Grant wanted to learn and make a better life for himself. Antoine feels superior to Grant because he is a light skinned mulatto. Grant asks him if that's why he hates him and Antoine says yes because someone else told Antoine he was just as bad as Grant. The South had a hierarchy based on skin color. The lighter your skin the better off you were. Keep up al
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