https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o Taylor Pak, Neha Nandakumar, & Jackie Zhao en-us 2022-03-07 17:57:28 UTC 2022-03-28 17:31:33 UTC hello@padlet.com jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082236921 2022-03-07 18:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082236921 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082241757 #1 "'Boy,' he said, addressing me, 'take this prize and keep it well. Consider it a badge of office. Prize it. Keep developing as you are and some day it will be filled with importance papers that will help shape the destiny of your people.'" (32) ]]> 2022-03-07 18:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082241757 nnandakumar1 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082245361 2022-03-07 18:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082245361 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082245605 "...I swung my brief case with confidence." (168)]]> 2022-03-07 18:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082245605 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082249572 #2 "I felt an importance that I had never dreamed." (32)]]> 2022-03-07 18:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082249572 lcovarrubias21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082253219 #5 The brief case symbols him carrying the past with him and bringing it along when he goes to Marys house.]]> 2022-03-07 18:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082253219 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082254905 #1 The briefcase symbolizes white supremacy because it represents how white people were the only ones who can "grant" success to African Americans. ]]> 2022-03-07 18:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2082254905 nnandakumar1 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088852349 #2 The briefcase can also symbolize his future and his education and how important his future is to him.]]> 2022-03-10 17:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088852349 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088855302 #5 "My brief case with the broken image lay on the table." (332) ]]> 2022-03-10 17:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088855302 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088855564 #3 "...I got down my prized brief case from the closet. It was still as new as the night of the battle royale, and sagged now as I placed the smashed bank and coins inside and locked the flap." (327)]]> 2022-03-10 17:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088855564 nnandakumar1 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088861134 #3 IM carries the brief case around along with the broken pieces of the Sambo Doll which he tries to get rid of it but he can't. This can symbolize how his past will always continue to follow him even when he tries to leave it behind and pretend to fit in as a white man. ]]> 2022-03-10 17:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088861134 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088861732 The briefcase carries the broken bank and coins and symbolizes that he is carrying his past with him. ]]> 2022-03-10 17:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088861732 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088875648 The briefcase symbolizes how IM is unknowingly turning back to assimilation with white society after joining the Brotherhood. ]]> 2022-03-10 17:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088875648 nnandakumar1 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088876852 2022-03-10 18:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2088876852 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100345192 "It was a scholarship to the state college for Negroes." (32)]]> 2022-03-17 15:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100345192 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100350494 The scholarship that was given to IM symbolizes white supremacy and how white people are the only ones who can deem African American people to be successful. The white men reward IM for being obedient and "behaving well around them". ]]> 2022-03-17 15:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100350494 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100351509 2022-03-17 15:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100351509 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100353372 2022-03-17 15:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100353372 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100354729 2022-03-17 15:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100354729 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100360621 The 7 letters symbolize false hope for IM's future, the identity that Dr. Bledsoe wants IM to have, and how Dr. Bledose doesn't want IM to overshadow his success. ]]> 2022-03-17 15:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100360621 tpak21 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100374047 The coin bank symbolizes the racial stereotypes against African Americans. The way IM fails to discard the remains of the coin bank represents how he cannot escape the harmful stereotypes. ]]> 2022-03-17 16:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2100374047 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117656613 "And in a corner, my brief case, covered with specks of dust like memories--the night of the battle royal." (527)]]> 2022-03-28 17:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117656613 nnandakumar1 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117656936 #4 "What's in that brief case?" "You," I said, suddenly laughing. "What do you think of that?" (566)]]> 2022-03-28 17:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117656936 nnandakumar1 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117666947 #4 In this quote you can see a clear shift in IMs development as a character standing up to others. The brief case remains significant in this portion of the book because it still remains by his side as his character is progressing ]]> 2022-03-28 17:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117666947 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117668109 The dusty briefcase symbolizes how the briefcase has been with IM since the very beginning as he reminisces about the battle royal. ]]> 2022-03-28 17:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117668109 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117670829 "'Here buddy, this yours?' It was my brief case, extended to me by its handles. I seized it with sudden panic, as though something indefinitely precious had almost been lost to me." (536-537)]]> 2022-03-28 17:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117670829 jzhao116 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117674560 "'...You fill that brief case, buddy. Get yourself something!' 'No,' I said, 'I've enough in it already.'" (540)]]> 2022-03-28 17:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117674560 https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117675360 IM's reaction towards the briefcase can relate to the first chapter where IM was told to prize the briefcase. Even as he has changed since the beginning, IM continues to keep the briefcase close to him and considers it an important thing in his life. ]]> 2022-03-28 17:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nnandakumar1/neg4l1cm7px5qf6o/wish/2117675360