Christmas and his past.

Now that we are going back into Christmas' background and what he has gone through, I'm sort of thinking that he is (later in life) just yearning for love and acceptance. He has a really tough life and I think that maybe he acts the way he does because of how people used to treat him but at the same time he just wants to be loved and be accepted by his double race and the way he is. I think he just because a tough person because of his experiences through life and he holds a grudge against women because of the impact that all the girls in his life have made. I'm just really interrested in this character and I think that the couple of chapters that we have been reading really helped me undestand him a bit more.

Mrs. McEachern

 I really like Mrs. McEachern's character in the novel. Even though she is powerless, she is referred to as a good woman. She has been kind to Christmas and has even stood up for him. Even Christmas had nothing bad to say about her. What do you guys think of her character? I also feel bad for her because she was with a terrible man who treated her horribly. Christmas was also rude to her and left her by herself alone with nothing. He took everything away from her when all she did was be kind to her. I don't know, it just really bothers me that Christmas just left her with heartache. Am I the only one who feels for Mrs. McEachern?

Chapter 8

Me and Katherine were talking about chapter eight and we came across the part when Christmas tells the girl that he thinks he's biracial . We infered she kind of rejected him and therefore we can see why he might dislike women now . Christmas likes this girl and maybe now that she knows that he is partly black she losses her connection with him . What go you guys think ?

Some stuff

Since I haven't finished chapter 8 and I'm writing this post based on a line about 4 pages into chapter 8 don't correct me or tell me anything else about the chapter. Anyways, a few pages in chapter 8 it's mentioned that Christmas hates religion and like most people would, it's easy to connect a line to why he does. But what if Christmas doesn't hate religion simply because of McEachern (not sure if that's spelled right). Because although Christmas is pretty numb to the abuse he receives, that can't seem to be a solid root to why he hates religion. I don't know though I'm just trying to think out of the box. Because for me, most people who really know me assume I hate religion because of my very religious family but that's not the case. So yeeeee thats all.

Writeing quiz

So I was kinda wanting to know what people thought of the writing test today I thought it was fairly easy if you knew  what you were writing about I think the most difficult question was question number 4 being that you had to choose a character and write  what their motivation is religion or race. I chose Hightower and I believe his motivation is religion. What did you write about for question number 4 and what did you think of the test?

Religion as a catalyst

As I read chapter 7, the constant Imagery of religion as an antagonist still remains. Christianity scarred Joe Christmas, and anywhere it's mentioned  displays a type of agony in him.

Christmas hateing women

So Christmas hates women right? I have a thought of why he does. I think as the story goes on we will learn more about his past. And I think something will be revealed of why Christmas hates women.