Ch 8 The Grace Of Silence by claire hanrahan

The "White Man's War"

claireh17165 — 2014-08-29 15:55:13 UTC

"Navy confined blacks to service roles as cooks, janitors, and waiters" This website contains an article that talks extensivly about this topic connecting to the quote.

Blacks role in the War

gracetaylor19 — 2014-08-29 15:57:52 UTC

This is a picture of a group of black men having lunch together, everyone here was either a cook, janitor, waiter, and many other minor roles. This image was used to explain that even when black men could join the service they were given smaller roles, leaving more room for the white men to fight.

Letters From Home

gracetaylor19 — 2014-08-29 16:02:01 UTC

This is a picture of the letter Norris writes about in the end of chapter 8. The New Republic Newspaper printed a soldier's letter, one of several that they received and spoke about bias in the military.

The Turn

claireh17165 — 2014-08-29 16:03:34 UTC

This contains an article that explains that most blacks that were apart of the service were only truck drivers, soon black people were allowed to fight and nearly 2,000 of them volunteered. Many people look at this like a better late than never situation.

gracetaylor19 — 2014-08-29 16:06:16 UTC

"His military photos were shoved in a box buried in a basement closest where we stored the Christmas ornaments. His service medal was hidden in a back corner of a bureau drawer, beneath a pile of letter and greeting cards, mostly from my sister and me, drawn with crayons or adorned with tissue-paper rosettes. I discovered Dad's medal when I cleaned out his bedroom after he died. " (84)

This quote really shows how her father would "hide his feelings" and was the opposite of a open book. Norris tells us different times and ways he does this through out his life to not only Michele but also her family.

claireh17165 — 2014-08-29 16:10:57 UTC

“Whether smiling or serious, their confident expression seemed to say, “We saved the world and we know it.” (81) I love this quote because we see time after time how her dad is very humble and gracious so he never gloats about him self even when talking about amazing things that he has done. This quote Is nice because it describes an image where her father is proud and confident, I love how she describes his connection to this picture.

Thesis

claireh17165 — 2014-08-29 16:14:19 UTC

In this chapter Michele talks about how she used to make small discoveries of her dads time in the service. Then she goes on to start to dig into it, She starts to make connections to her dads actions and emotions towards his pictures and medals from the service. The more she leads about the service during that time and some things she sees bother her and upset her but then she goes on to talk about how proud she is of her father and how much the service means to him.