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john gets saved on his birthday.

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Gabriel is unhappy that John is saved before Roy

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Gabriel was not noticably proud of John for getting saved.

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Gabriel was not noticably proud of John for getting saved.

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That John and Gabriel are not able to communicate with each other and express their feelings for one another 

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That John and Gabriel are not able to communicate with each other and express their feelings for one another 

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Florence threatens her brother with the letter from Deborah that she has kept her whole life. She says that she will show it to Elizabeth, ruining his abusive power trip: "I'm going to find some way- some way, I don't know how- to rise up and tell it, tell everybody, about the blood the Lord's anointed is got on his hands" (254 little book). Elizabeth will finally know that she isn't the only one of the two of them who has sinned.
Florence also regains power here. She has realized the coming of her death, and so she finds a way to show her brother the power of the bold resilience he always judged her for: "When I go, brother, you better tremble, 'cause I ain't going to go in silence" (255 little book).

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John never finds out that Gabriel is not his father

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John is unlucky when it comes to his familial life

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Florence challenges Gabriel's holiness. 

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Florence challenges Gabriel's holiness. 

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Does John ever find out that Gabriel is not is biological dad?

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That John was saved and is ready for his future. (I think) 

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That John was saved and is ready for his future. (I think) 

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Gabriel is mad that John got saved instead of his other son

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Did John even want to have a future in the church?

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Gabriel talks the talks but doesn't walk the walk 

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Gabriel talks the talks but doesn't walk the walk 

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Does being saved actually change John's life? Does he continue to pursue education or does he abandon the values that the city symbolizes?

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Does being saved actually change John's life? Does he continue to pursue education or does he abandon the values that the city symbolizes?

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Gabriel trust that god will save his son

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Does John REALLY have free will when it comes to his spiritual life? It almost seems like he was FORCED to be saved by God himself.

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How is Gabriel going to behave now that he is threated and kind of black mailed by Florence?

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Why is Elizabeth crying from bitterness instead of happiness over John's spiritual rebirth?

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Why is Elizabeth crying from bitterness instead of happiness over John's spiritual rebirth?

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What does Elisha symbolize in John's life?

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What does Elisha symbolize in John's life?

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Is John really saved, or does he just think he is?

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Why does Elizabeth not seem happy?

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what does the threshing floor symbolize?

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what does the threshing floor symbolize?

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We learn about a new relationship between John and Gabriel. There is clearly disdain on the part of Gabriel, and there is a new power given to John: "He turned to face his father- he found himself smiling, but his father did not smile"(263 little book). In a sense, John has won a battle of wills with his father. He gains a sense of dignity, superiority in judgment and spirituality, and therefore power- he has succeeded in what Gabriel never can, true repentance and acceptance of sin. Although he does not know the exact story, John has implied before that Gabriel is not a truly good religious man: "No one, none of the saints in any case, had ever reproached or rebuked his father, or suggested that his life was anything less than spotless. Nevertheless, this man, God's minister, had struck John's mother. . ."(53 little book). John knows in his heart that Gabriel is not good, and with his new coming to God, he knows that although he himself is still a sinner, his repentance and willingness to repent and work make him good. John has gained the upper hand on Gabriel- he has the religiousness and the goodness that Gabriel can never have, so long as he lives in denial and selfishness.

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I learned how John being saved was much more of a personal experience for him than a large communal decision like a baptism.

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John learned that salvation doesn't always have to come in the church. he can fin your own way to love God.

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John recognizes the effect faith has on his life and what is really up to the grace of God.

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John recognizes the effect faith has on his life and what is really up to the grace of God.

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I learned that this chapter is really confusing, but in the end, John knows that he was saved, and has an uncertain future ahead.

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Gabriel's feelings toward John become more negative when Gabriel find out that John has been saved.

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I learned more about John and Gab
riel relationship

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We learned about Garbriel and John about how they have a very interesting relationship. Garbriel wanted Roy to be the one being saved and John still hates Garbiel since it's Gabriel

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Being saved has ambigious implications on John's life, especially his relationship with Gabriel.

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I learned that the ending is very ambiguous but that John has been saved and now has an uncertain future ahead of him that most likely does not involve preaching.