Witness+(Karen+Hesse)

We are all reading __Witness__, by Karen Hesse. This is our discussion page.

Challenge #1: Karen Hesse chose to write this work in poem form. Find a line where a small detail looms large, thanks to her phrasing and spacing. Example: p. 11 Sara Chickering says //put a mug the chipped one of warm broth in her hands.// Why does the author draw our attention to this? What does this tell us about the character?

It tells us that Sarah is racist but she still cares no matter who the person is. Amelia

It tell us that her kindness outweighs her racism. -Yoshi _

" You must do the thing you think you cannot do!" -Eleanor Roosevelt It isn't that Sarah doesn't think she can fend for herself, but she is showing everyone else who doesn't that she is capable of anything. Amelia

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change things yourself ~Andy Warhol

I’m all for no Ku Klux Klan, however this quote reminds me of the mindset that these people are thinking on. They believe that they need to be the change and they can’t wait to have someone else over time do things for them. Though this quote can also be thought of in a “non-evil” way. It is exactly like the quote by Mahatma Ghandi. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~Wendy

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." -Blaise Pascal This literally sums up the entire personality of Johnny Reeves. He is purposefully condescending towards those unlike him. As he says, "We will cast those unlike us into the arms of Satan."

This isn't good or bad. It's just the way of things. Nothing stays the same.

-Real Live Preacher, January 03, 2004 This quote applies to Viola and Harvey Pettibone, and how Viola is against the Ku Klux klan, but Harvey is trying to react to change in a positive way. -Alex T