Hands/The Bottom & The Top/Segregation
National Suicide was the weirdest thing anyone could come up, especially for it being a celebrated holiday. In class we spoke upon why Shadrack was so fascinated with his hands. We assumed that he did have hands because he was so dependent on everyone else to do things for him. The theme that we could come up for Chapter 1919 is because segregation because the book touched on the "The Bottom" and "The Top", which concluded that the white people stayed on the top because it was closer to heaven; while the coloreds stayed at the bottom because God and his angels could look down on them. A question that kept coming up in class was did he really have hands? The picture that was painted by Mrs. Morrison was that he could do nothing for himself. He was emitted to a mental institution which everyone concluded once they said he enjoyed being in a stray jacket. To me this chapter was a not interesting it didn't capture me in at all. It scared me more than it actually drew me in. I have yet to find out who Sula is exactly but I'm pretty sure it will come soon enough.Right now Sula seems like it has a lot more to tell and I just can't wait for the adventure.
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