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Being shocked is an understatement. My mind was rushing around confused and curious. In Chapter 16, the escape of Turner and Elwood made me really believe that this was it. They were going to have a happy ending and escape from Nickel. I wasn't expecting Elwood to die at all. As Turner runs away, "He looked back again as Harper pulled the trigger. Elwood's arms went wide, hands out, as if testing the solidity of walls of a long corridor, one he had traveled through for a long time and which possessed no visible terminus. He stumbled forward two steps and fell into the grass. Turner kept running. He asked himself later if he heard Elwood cry out or make any kind of sound but never did figure it out. He was running and there was only the rush and roil of blood in his head." (Whitehead 201) Reading this scene, I felt my heart drop. It literally felt like I was on a rollercoaster and my whole insides drooped down to my feet. It was absolutely heartbreaking that even though Elwood suffered so much to get out, he still ended up dying with Turner right by his side.

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For me, Elwood and Turner's escape effort was very shocking, and Tuner's life after Nickel felt melancholy. I was shocked when Elwood died because typically in stories, the main character escapes, but not this time. "He stumbled forward two steps and fell into the grass. Turner kept running. He asked himself later if he heard Elwood cry out or make any kind of sound but never did figure it out" (Whitehead 201). The way the author concluded Elwood's death by making it Turner's memory made Elwood's end even sadder. In the epilogue, it showed how Elwood's story is surviving through Turner, which gives me a little hope and peace to know that one day, Elwood's story will be shared with the world.

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Matthew Morton-As I was reading I was on the edge of my seat, I had a thought that this could be the end of Elwood but I didn't want to accept it. The ending is extremely sad and couldn't have shown the institualized racism better. This ending demonstrated that there is no out, the world is against you and that's life. A quote that stuck with me was when Turner was talking about when he had enough money for the funeral. He said, "Turner had the money now to bury his friend properly, butany redress was on hold. Like with what he’d say to Millie to show her who he was—he couldn’t see anything past his return to Nickel." (Whitehead, 166). This quote truly made me angry and sad, I was confused how I felt. It shows the blatant racism and lack of power that POC's had at the time. Overall the ending was great but extremely sad and gut-wrenching.

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Matthew Morton-As I was reading I was on the edge of my seat, I had a thought that this could be the end of Elwood but I didn't want to accept it. The ending is extremely sad and couldn't have shown the institualized racism better. This ending demonstrated that there is no out, the world is against you and that's life. A quote that stuck with me was when Turner was talking about when he had enough money for the funeral. He said, "Turner had the money now to bury his friend properly, butany redress was on hold. Like with what he’d say to Millie to show her who he was—he couldn’t see anything past his return to Nickel." (Whitehead, 166). This quote truly made me angry and sad, I was confused how I felt. It shows the blatant racism and lack of power that POC's had at the time. Overall the ending was great but extremely sad and gut-wrenching.

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I was shocked and impacted by the ending. It was harsh to realize that Elwood had died over all that he went through. I was also impacted on how Turner changed his name to “Elwood”. I also realized how the book cover connected with the book, the shadow and the boy standing there can maybe be a reflection of how turner changes his name and takes the legacy of Elwood. Apart from that the most hurtful part of the ending was when Elwood died. How Harper shoot Elwood with the gun, and this happened just when he escaped from the academy. This section gave hope and prosperity to us readers to keep on cheering for Elwood but as a result it was the opposite.

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As I read the end of the book, I was very shocked and didn’t expect it to end the way   it did. Elwood’s death was very tragic and mournful due to the fact he perceived and tried so hard to graduate Nickel Academy and be free from the endless abuse and secrecy. His death was the most shocking to me and a huge plot twist in the novel. Since their are numerous times in part three where the author jumps forward in time to show the future, I didn’t think it was possible that Elwood didn’t make it out of Nickel. Elwood’s tragic death had a huge impact on me and was very sad to read about. It was sad to see how far Elwood had grown since his first day at Nickel and for all of it to go to waste. Elwood always held his sense of dignity and never strayed away from his strong morals/beliefs. The end of the epilogue was very bittersweet as Turner goes to a restaurant that used to be called Richmond and eats a hamburger. Turner doesn’t know that it is the hotel Elwood used to sit in the kitchen while watching the dining room, waiting for the day a Black person would be able to eat there.

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Wow...
The ending really made the whole novel come together and gave me a sense of relief for Elwood and Turner. I thought that the ending would have had more of an impact on me, but once I realized that Turner was living under Elwood's name all those years later and honored his friend, alongside his story, it made me belive that in order for Turner and Elwood to finally be "free" and have closure, Elwood would have needed to die.

If Turner ended up burning the papers with the truth behind Nickel, I almost feel as though Elwood would have died in a different way because of his quality's, "Elwood and his fine moral imperatives and his very fine ideas about the capacity of human beings to improve" (Whitehead, 207). Throughout the story we see a trend with how Elwood deals with situations and how he ultimately ends up getting into trouble for it. He can't help it because that's just the person he grew up to be. He focuses on the good and pushes through the bad times knowing that things will turn out okay if he believes there is light at the end of the tunnel. If Elwood never died, his life story wouldn't have been told along with the truth and darkness behind The Nickel Academy and their actual intentions. Elwood is the voice of every student at the academy that was abused, oppressed, discriminated against, hated on, and manipulated, for all of those students who were forever silenced and buried into the depths of the academy's graveyard.

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I think the ending was a unique way to leave a strong last impression on the reader. To me, the ending was so unexpected, that I had to re-read it couple to times to fully understand what was happening. To be honest, as I was getting closer to the end of the book, it made me wonder how Whitehead was going to end the book and it was so unpredicatable. But, I feel like this was the best ending I could've wished for. The ending was so shocking and made me feel lots of complex emotions. One quote that truly stood out to me was "It was not enough to survive, you have to live"(Whitehead 204). It made me realize the strong friendship bonded between Turner and Elwood, and how Turner will continue to spread Elwood's story as him, continueing to fight for justice and equality.  I also loved how the ending is connected to the prologue, and everything just makes a lot more sense now. I loved the book so much.

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I mean the end of the book was kind of confusing a little bit but looking back after re-reading it I didn't really feel like shocked or anything. As I read the text the tone and everything gave off some type of sinister vibe that something, in the end, will happen and that something is something bad. With the quote, "“They were going to kill me and bury me out there,” Elwood said" (Whitehead 159). I felt as this quote was a huge foreshadowing. When I saw this I went past it but thinking that it's one of those quotes where it's just filling in dialogue but it would have some type of reoccurrence in the end because of how explicit and direct the quote is. I felt a little overwhelmed with the ending but I think having that plot twist is a good way to end the book leaving a huge impact on the reader who finishes it. I am glad how Colson Whitehead went straight to the point when having Elwood's death because in most books they go on pages and pages to describe a death but having it short really punches you in the gut. Turner goes back to important places in the story say the diner. It ties the whole book together really exemplifying that contrast and similarity with Turner and Elwood. Having Turner be in the position of what Elwood wanted really did tie the book back together instead of leaving it empty in the end. The scene that honestly most stuck out for me was probably the scene where Elwood met Chickie Pete. This scene stuck out to me because I honestly learned a huge life lesson from that. The narrator said, "he liked the contradiction that the one place that did know him was the one place he didn’t want to be" (Whitehead 134). It really shows how Nickel impacted Elwood negatively because it's a place he doesn't want to remember with all the bad memories and he doesn't want to be associated with.

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If I am being honest, I think Whitehead gave the readers a spectacular ending. It was unexpected and it carried so much meaning/intention to it. I do believe that if Whitehead gave us an ending like both characters live happily ever after, it wouldn't have had the same effect. Just because this ending makes society want to reflect on our history and past mistakes. I think he brutally told us the reality and that is why I feel its a great story because it gives us confrontation. One of my favorite quotes from this part was when Elwood and Turner are running away, "Turner kept
running. He asked himself later if he heard Elwood cry out or make any kind of sound but never did figure it out." (Whitehead 161) This was such a shocker because Whitehead had been telling us about Elwoods future, so we all had expected Turner or someone else to die. But when I read this quote, it was jaw-dropping since I completely did not expect it. I loved Whiteheads writing so much and absolutely enjoyed the ending. I think it was written perfectly.

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I had no idea that this would be the ending to Nickel Boys. I really liked how Turner carried on Elwood's name as some sort of legacy to show how he would have lived in his eyes. Even though it wasn't accurate, he put in the effort and also wanted to share his friend's story with the world that he didn't get to share. In chapter 16 there was a part where Whitehead included that, "still he heard those higher imperatives: love and that love will be returned..." (Whitehead 195). He's telling us that Elwood's mind simply can't look at things in a negative way no matter what situation he was in. This stood out to me because at this time Elwood was in the black room and still had a part of him motivated to do the best, even though the rest of him was absent from the world. It tells us that the story Turner would've shared that Elwood wanted to, would have definitely made an impact on the world because of the mindset Elwood has. The world knew the strengths Elwood had and was only increasing them. But in all I really enjoyed reading The Nickel Boys, I've been greatly educated and impacted on this story overall.

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I'm going, to be honest, I let someone spoil the fact that Elwood was killed at the end, but that was it. The plot twist was different than I expected and I love it. It makes me happy to know that Turner is choosing to speak out because that's what Elwood would have done and wanted. Also, this book made me way more emotional than I thought it would. The beginning of part 3 confused me so much because it felt random but after reading the epilogue it made sense. It made the plot twist more shocking because Turner was bring referred to as Elwood, "Chickie asked him what he was up to, and Elwood felt bad..." (Whitehead 131).  Finally, I wish the ending wasn't so abrupt because I want to know what happed to turner after he spoke out and what the world thought about Elwood and him.

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I think the novel couldn't have had a better plot twist. Although it was devastating that we found it was Elwood who died, it did add a sense of deeper thought into Whitehead's actual composition of the novel. In the chapters of part 3 that took place in the future, I believe most of the audience thought it was Elwood's future. Especially during 'Elwood's' interaction with Chickie Pete, when Whitehead chose to include that he was trying to remember the name of his friend but couldn't, was executed in a way that didn't reveal too much. More specifically, the author chose not to reveal who his friend's name was as to not spoil the plot twist. Although I thought it couldn't have ended in a more powerful way, I felt extremely devastated and sympathetic for Turner. It was also disappointing in the sense that throughout multiple sections of the novel, Whitehead would explain Elwood's plan of escape. The whole novel, I was expecting him to actually carry out and achieve his plan, but it was saddening to later find out he died in his efforts to carry out his plan. Nonetheless, it was a beautiful and dark story that couldn't have been told in a better way.

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The ending of "The Nickel Boys" completely shocked me. I was 100% not prepared for the outcome of this story because I was sure that Elwood would find a way to successfully leave/escape Nickel Academy. After all of the hard work Elwood put in throughout his life, I was rooting so hard for him and Turner to successfully escape, but they didn't. Elwood was shot, while Turner kept running. As Turner and Elwood try to escape, "He looked back again as Harper pulled the trigger. Elwood's arms went wide, hands out, as if testing the solidity of walls of a long corridor, one he had traveled through for a long time and which possessed no visible terminus. He stumbled forward two steps and fell into the grass. Turner kept running. He asked himself later if he heard Elwood cry out or make any kind of sound but never did figure it out. He was running and there was only the rush and roil of blood in his head" (Whitehead, 201). This part completely shook me because I was getting hopeful and excited that they both successfully escaped, but that took a turn for the worst very quickly. I love how complicated and intriguing the plot of this story was, Whitehead wrote this story very beautifully and I throughly enjoyed this story very much.

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After reading the last line of the book, I can’t help be feel a sense of emptiness. I held my tongue and felt a little panicked, hoping I had read Elwood’s death incorrectly. Alas… it was true. Elwood was dead. I had been reading the book thinking that Elwood had already grown up and was reminiscing on the past, which showed a stark contrast of personality and thought between going in the past/present. I felt somewhat content in believing that Elwood had already gotten out of Nickel alive, so when I realized that he was only being survived by Turner, my heart sunk in my chest. The ending to the novel is tragic, but it ties up its lose ends, revealing Turner as the Elwood we believed we were getting to know. I think that using Turner as a foil of Elwood was a great way to show the differences in their beliefs and general ideology. Turner never wanted to actively change the world, let alone anyones thoughts on race, freedom, etc., while he was at Nickel, yet Elwood never faltered in the face of injustice. Despite his fears, Elwood carried out his plan of delivering the letter to the white men that visited the Nickel Campus through Turner. That took a great deal of courage and resolve, as Elwood didn’t know what was going to happen to him after, whether Spencer and the other men would have beaten him—even taken him out back. This storing sense of justice and change was something that Turner never really had, but it’s clear when we are reading the final section of the book that he used Elwood and his stories from Nickel to try to make a change. Turner himself feels a sense of duty to stand up for the rest of the boys at Nickel and those who endured hardship in Elwood’s place. He shared his stories and experience, which ultimately helped lead to others learning the truth about Nickel (even if the plan didn’t really succeed in the end). At the end of the book, I noticed that the way we viewed Elwood was different. We could no longer really see into his head or know what he was thinking as he and Turner attempted to escape the campus. I think this was emotionally impactful when you realize Elwood is in fact dead (more specifically when we see that Elwood collapses to the floor as Turner continues running away; it reads from Turner’s perspective).

Overall, I think that the end of the story was really well written and showed Elwood’s impact on Turner and his character development.

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The end was a big shock and very unexpected. Initially I thought that Turner had died because when he was having a drink with Chickie he was referred to as Elwood, even in the narrative. "Chickie asked him what he was up to, and Elwood felt bad(...)" (Whitehead 164) I feel kind betrayed but it was an important addition. Then when he revealed that, "When the owner of the diner asked him his name(...) he said, 'Elwood Curtis.'"(Whitehead 202) It broke my heart and I had to reread a couple of times to make sure I was understanding it right. Going on the journey with the spotlight being focused mostly on Elwood I connected/related to him the most. And seeing Turner really broken after his death it was almost too much. But it was really impactful and sent a really good message. Then the perfect ending at a restaurant where the waiter said 'Sit anywhere you like."(Whitehead 210) It showed the journey they went through to get here and it tied everything up so perfectly. Still don't really feel like it's over :')

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The ending of the story was shocking and devastating to read. As readers, we all rooted for Elwood and witnessed him grow up and experience hardships throughout the story. Turner and Elwood are two characters that are tied metaphorically- which is emphasized at the end of the book. When Turner returns to Tallahasee, he has a newfound sense of duty. "It was not enough to survive, you have to live"(Whitehead 204). After Elwoods death, Turner feels a sense of responsibility to "live for" Elwood. The memorable story came full-circle and highlighted the hardships that Black people faced and the racism prevalent in society

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Being honest, I didn't immediately understand the ending of the book, but after I fully understood I was extremely shocked and the prologue felt like a really perfect way to wrap up the book. The scene that really stood out to me and made me begin to understand what happened was, "'Elwood Curtis.' First thing that popped into his head. It felt right. He used the name from then on when anybody asked, to honor his friend. To live for him." (Whitehead 202) This quote was when Elwood's death finally hit me. Turner taking Elwood's name is a genius way for Whitehead to continue the story in the epilogue, and it tied the story up perfectly. I also love how it wasn't immediately obvious what happened to Elwood, the chapter ends almost as soon as he gets shot so it doesn't really hit you until the epilogue. Incredible ending.

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First off - I feel lied to. That Elwood is the one who ends up dying
("Chikie were still breathing but his friend wasn't" p.167 - this could not be more true) but basically this whole book we've been seeing things through his lens. I mean, all the clues were there-that he smoked, which Elwood never did but Turner did, how his look on the world would've had to have drastically changed-but it was still so shocking. It was super suspenseful and I was fully into it, the I figured it out and everything I thought I knew crumbled apart. One scene that really stood out to me was on page 201. "One of the cuts on his back had bled through his shirt and dried" and I was so sure that when Elwood fell, he was gonna stay down and Harper and Hennepin would think he was dead and he would get up as they chased Turner and run off and it would be great! But then- I turn the page and I totally got faked out. Whitehead 100% put that in there to lay you down a nice rug and in the next page just rip it out from under you. It was really clever though, so, not like I'm mad - it made the twist of the end that much more enjoyable. At the very end of the book too, when Turner is in the restaurant of the hotel that used to be Richmond hotel, and it goes "he might have recognized the name from a story he heard once when he was young, about a boy who liked to read adventure stories in the kitchen" I thought that was sweet. Bitter, but sweet nonetheless. A nice homage to the character of Elwood. It made me smile even after I had been tricked and made to feel a rollercoaster of surprise, shock, sadness, and also happiness that Turner escaped.

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The ending of the book was shocking and really sad. I really liked the plot twist where Elwood was actually Turner, and how the ending brought so much emotion. A scene that stood out to me was in the epilogue, when Turner was at a diner and was asked for his name, "...he said, “Elwood Curtis.” First thing that popped into his head. It felt right. He used the name from then on when anybody asked, to honor his friend" (Whitehead 162). This put such a big impact on my emotions because Turner used Elwood's name as his own to live and honor him while the media kept altering the truth about Nickel. I also felt very hopeful when Turner was going to share his experience in Nickel, "All the men on the website were white. Who spoke for the black boys? It was time someone did" (Whitehead 167). Turner was the only Black person sharing his story so, this would've given everyone a different perspective of Nickel, and finally reveal what tragedies and hardships the Black students had to go through.

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When reading part 2 it felt like Elwood no longer cared or thought about speaking up, unlike in part 1, because Nickel Academy had defeated him. Turner becoming Elwood did not give Elwood justice, because Elwood's goal was to change the world. However, I feel like the end was suggesting that Turner would slowly become more like Elwood, or at least care more about change. It was similar to Elwood in part 1, when he thought about taking a stand. "Who spoke for the black boys? It was time someone did" (209).
This was a well-written good book and handled heavy topics correctly.

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At the end of the book, I felt a mixture of emotions. I felt shocked and confused by Elwood's death because the book was mostly narrated through his experiences, and so as a reader, I felt more connections towards him. I found it interesting how Whitehead made Turner take on Elwood's name as they were portrayed as two very different character in morals and behavior throughout the story. I really enjoyed the epilogue as it made me feel sad, but also hopeful and I also liked how it became a full circle with the prologue. As Turner was explaining his story, he states, "He hadn't served his time, as he told her years ago, but ran. Then he told her the rest, including the story of his friend. 'His name was Elwood,' Turner said" (Whitehead 204). I think that this quotes makes Turner sound as if he is living on for Elwood with his name and is seeking justice after he realizes all the punishing abuse they had faced. Also, something I noticed that made me feel satisfied was when Turner was staying at Radissons which was formerly the place Elwood used to work at, Blondie's. I remembered how young Elwood used to always wait and hope for a Black person and Turner, unknowingly, was fulfilling his wish. In all, this book felt like a journey and I really enjoyed it.

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The suspense of reading the ending of the story was really heart-wrenching. When they escaped, my whole mind was racing into a million spaces. I was praying that they would finally be able to leave Nickel Academy, and be able to live in peace as they had always dreamed of. Obviously, that did not happen with Elwood. When Whitehead described the incident instead of bluntly telling what happened, it almost made my stomach sink in knowing that all of his aspirations had come to an end. Elwood was such a desired one, believing in all of Martin Luther King’s words, but he was never able to live that beautiful reality. One quote in relation that caught my eye was, “All these years our…trying to decipher the customs of normal people. The ones who had been raised happily, three meals a day and a kiss goodnight, the ones who had no notion of White House’s, Lovers’ Lanes, and white county judges who sentenced you to hell” (Whitehead 190). That long quote really contrasts the two livelihoods of segregation and the trapping of Nickel Academy. I am glad that Turner’s plan succeeded, but we grew a bigger attachment toward’s Elwood due to his innocent and hopeful self, which Turner is not. Overall, Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys” was a really great book, but also very downhearting to read.

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When concluding the book, it was a culmination of emotions that I still can't quite pinpoint but, I can state with utmost certainty that the ending justified the story. Although the death of Elwood and how Turner carries his legacy are bound with emotions of sorrow and sadness, from a pure narrative standpoint the death of Elwood was the most suiting for his character arc. The one most oblivious of the hardships in society was the one to be struck the hardest by it. One can argue that Elwood was the most aware of these flaws proven by his attempts to inform the outside world what was going on, on the campus. But because of his ideology of a meritocracy, it blinded him from the fact that no matter what good he tried to do it’d be abrogated by his color. He was unaware of this he thought, my full-hearted attempt will be rewarded with an output of the same value but this Academy was meant to teach him no, no you won’t and can’t voice your opinion. Because, in the simplest of terms, one event will lead to the next and the fact you have no rights will catch up too. This proved to be true; the beating and soon-to-be death of his evoked the escape attempt leading to his death. All in all, this novel is Elwood having an internal conflict with himself and becoming aware of the flaws hidden behind society.

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I found the ending to the novel very interesting because us as readers were under the impression that we were getting to know Elwood, but in actuality it was Turner.  Turner is introduced to readers as a foil for Elwood, highlighting their differences in morals and ideals.  I found it very interesting that Whitehead took two very different characters and metaphorically merged them together to be one person.  By merging together, Turner is able to take on more than Elwood's name.  As Turner returns to Tallahassee, he feels a sense of duty and responsibility.  His realization of all of the abuse he and Elwood endured, pushes him to seek justice and change.  Once Turner acknowledges the past he is able to move forwards.  We as readers were able to see major growth and character development from Turner.  A segment in Part III that stood out to me was when Turner finally decides to give Elwood a proper burial.  Elwood's burial is symbolic because by burying Elwood, Turner is also burying his past attitude of trying shield himself from everything associated to Nickel.  In addition, I was extremely shocked that Elwood was killed by Harper.  Harper was known by readers to be very kind to Elwood as opposed to the other administrators.  I found that incident very disturbing considering the situational irony embedded in this event.  This irony showcases the white racism set in place against the Black kids.  It turns out that the kindness given by Harper was just a facade to hide his true nature.  This event further shows the academy's dark dualism.  Overall, I truly enjoyed the ending because the ending showcased the impact that Elwood was able to make on Turner.  As well as the ending coming back full circle to the place where Elwood once was.  The ending made me feel like Elwood was still part of the novel and it showcased the relationship that Turner and Elwood still had.

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As the book comes to an end, the shocking reveal of Turner actually being Elwood made my mind go through many emotions, some being confused, shocked, and then finally being at peace with what I read. There was a certain scene in the epilogue that made my emotions come to a halt, which was when I came to realization on why Turner became Elwood, as he says, "It was not enough to survive, you have to live" (Whitehead 204). While Turner may lean towards a fixed mindset, he comprehends that although he did survive, he has to live for Elwood, believing it was the right thing to do. Overall, the ending did made an impact on me and my feelings, as I still wasn't sure if I was supposed to feel excited or frightened for Turner, as he could either be thanked for standing up to the harsh actions of Nickel, or he could be punished for multiple offenses. I liked the ending and feel as if it should have ended like that, as it ended in a complete circle.

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I really liked the ending. Of course there was a plot twist but I especially enjoyed the fact that the ending came full circle. The hotel that Turner stays at is a Radissons, but it was the former Richmond's Hotel, which was the one Elwood worked at. He eats at Blondie's, which replaced the establishment Elwood worked at. We see a connecting circle that Elwood always wished a Black person would eat at the restaurant and here is Turner doing so, unaware of his former best friend's hopes. This sense of fulfillment really brings the book to a satisfying closing. I really enjoyed it while feeling sad at the same time that it ends like this. "IF he had been less tired he might have recognized the name from a story he heard once when he was young, about a boy who liked to read adventure stories in the kitchen, but it eluded him. He was hungry and they served all day, and that was enough" (Whitehead 210).

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Jonathan M-The ending shocked me but it was also really sad. A scene that really stood out to me was the ending because it started to build up emotion and get sader and then it hits with this really sad scene and also it said that he was the only Black person who was there to talk about his experience and I think that's to represent how only the White experience was heard like in the video we saw. And many of the Black people there were silenced. "When the owner of the diner asked him his name, two weeks out of Nickel, he said, “ElwoodCurtis.” First thing that popped into his head. It felt right. He used the name from then on when anybody asked, to honor his friend"(Whitehead, epilog). This quote stood out to me and it was really sad because right before this quote it talks about how the media manipulated the situation and then he decides he is going to take Elwoods name to honor him, it was also really sad that he is the only one who knows about Elwoods truth that Elwood didn't do anything wrong unlike the media said.

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Jonathan M-The ending shocked me but it was also really sad. A scene that really stood out to me was the ending because it started to build up emotion and get sader and then it hits with this really sad scene and also it said that he was the only Black person who was there to talk about his experience and I think that's to represent how only the White experience was heard like in the video we saw. And many of the Black people there were silenced. "When the owner of the diner asked him his name, two weeks out of Nickel, he said, “ElwoodCurtis.” First thing that popped into his head. It felt right. He used the name from then on when anybody asked, to honor his friend"(Whitehead, epilog). This quote stood out to me and it was really sad because right before this quote it talks about how the media manipulated the situation and then he decides he is going to take Elwoods name to honor him, it was also really sad that he is the only one who knows about Elwoods truth that Elwood didn't do anything wrong unlike the media said.