Thomas Jefferson Alternate Ending

Emma and Grant. After learning to open back up to his friends and family, he still gives them disrespect. A few pages after Jefferson talks to Grant, Ms. Emma comes to have a conversation with him. After she asks Jefferson how he is feeling, he doesn’t even respond or act like she’s there (page 136), showing how much Jefferson in entrenched into the idea of not finding value in himself. Furthermore, on page 130, while Jefferson talks up to Grant, he tries to anger him by insulting his girlfriend and testing his patience. Both of these interactions take place in cases where Jefferson shows signs of opening up to others, but they are also instances of how little Jefferson loves or cares about those who care about him. On page 139, this is addressed when Jefferson has another conversation with Grant a couple of days later. When talking with Jefferson, Grant tells him, “no matter how bad off we are,’ I said, ‘we still owe something. You owe something, Jefferson. Not to me. But to your godmother. You must show her some understanding, some kind of love.” Then Jefferson tells him, “That’s for youman’s... I ain’t no youman.” Later in the book, Jefferson eventually starts to show love to his loved ones again after having a powerful, life-changing conversation with Grant. After this, he is able to eat Ms. Emma’s food and is able to

Grant is very strict towards his students. Grant then thinks about his teacher when he was a child, Matthew Antoine, describes him to us, tells about his influence, and what they talked about. Next, Grant goes with Miss Emma to visit Jefferson in his cell, but when they talk to him, he doesn’t acknowledge that they are their and is difficult to them. During Grant’s next visit, Jefferson acts like a hog and is infatuated with the idea that he is one. Grant wants to leave town with Vivian, but there are several things holding them back. Grant and Vivian discuss the names of their future children and talk to Miss Emma and Tante Lou. The visits to the jail continue and there isn’t much progress with Jefferson. Jefferson doesn’t want to eat or talk. Grant goes to Mr. Pichot’s house and Jefferson’s execution date is set on a Friday. Another visit, Jefferson tells Grant that he wants a gallon of ice cream for dinner his last night. Grant gets him a radio to keep him company, but Reverend Ambrose, Tante Lou, and Miss Emma thing the radio is a bad thing for him. Grant also gets Jefferson a notebook and pencil so he can right down his feelings or what he’s thinking about. You start to see Grant and Jefferson start to bond and Grant leaves happy with what is happening. The next time he goes to see Jefferson, Miss Emma goes.

1. Things do not go well during the next visit from Miss Emma, Aunt Lou, and the Reverend Ambrose. Why are they upset with Grant?

“He sounds like a good friend. When he comes to visit maybe we could meet him,” Peanut said.

I look down and blush then he shuts my door and gets in on his side. We sit there for a minute then Cameron asks what my favorite things at the fair are. I mention how childish this is then tell him my favorite things are the rides and their funnel cakes.

The chapter clearly establishes which facts are true and questions why Jefferson's account has lasted throughout history. One reason is that Jefferson left the only recorded account. However, it is also because the questions implied by Jefferson's account provided insight into the issues the new country was facing at the time.

His father’s actions make it hard to fit in because he lets his anger get the best of him. Ab Snopes is accused of burning a barn and Sarty must decide whether to be loyal to his father family or betray them. As Sarty and his family travel to their next home, Sarty cannot even bring himself to think the truth about what his father has done for fear of the repercussions. When they arrive at their new place, Sarty believes that these people are “too big” for his father to reach with his wrath due to their stature. The young boy hopes that his father will change his ways because this was the nicest place they had ever lived.

Miss Emma did not visit enough to convince Jefferson he was wrong because she was supposedly sick (though the book implies that she was faking her sickness to get Grant to visit Jefferson.) and thus could not visit. She is his godmother but she likely didn’t have the strength to see him in jail thinking he was a hog. She said “Why does Master hate me? What have I done to anger master?”

Jefferson’s Company’--did not know about the nature of Martha Jefferson’s health problems, nor in fact does anyone, with all the documents of history at our disposal. If she suffered from debilitating monthly hemorrhaging, or from a tendency to miscarry when pregnant, or from dangerous anemia after childbirth, or from all three, one would understand why Jefferson could not bring himself to explain in private letters the nature of any of these problems. Such was the commonplace taboo” (Brodie 125). Since his wife was in such a unstable state, Jefferson could not allow himself to be away from her for long, for he feared she would die at any moment without him. As a child, Jefferson witnessed many deaths, including his father’s and siblings. Due to the health of Martha Jefferson, she could not travel with Jefferson to the political meetings, and thus, Jefferson made a choice to sacrifice his political participation in order to care for his wife. Consequently, this decision prevented Jefferson from fully participating in politics for years, for he could not attend to most of the Continental Congress’s meetings nor travel to France as a delegate that negotiated for their assistance in the American Revolution. Only once Martha Jefferson passed

According to Shmoop Thomas Jefferson was an American leader. He was born in Shadwell, Virginia on April 13, 1743 according to wikipedia. His mother was Jane Randolf. His father was Peter Jefferson. He had nine siblings. Nearly half of his siblings never made it past thirty years of age. Thomas had private tutors that he left at age seventeen. Jefferson died on July 4, 1826.

My reaction to this quote at first was surprised. Jefferson has another outburst about being a hog. I didn't understand why he didn't actually care to much about Emma's feelings and what she wants for him. Honestly I don't think Jefferson knows why she's trying to get him help to become a man. I think later in the book something may happen that will help him realize why she was trying so hard with him. I feel like Emma may pass away before his date will come and he will finally realize the good in life and will live what he has to the fullest. He probably will then appreciate everything everyone has done to help him. I also feel like Jefferson will find who he truly is mentally and he will stop calling himself a hog and will raise his standards

“Thank you so much, my people will be so proud of me,” Jace said joyfully.

Jefferson also declares war on a pageant mother RHONDA, who pushes her own daughter “Princess Dye” to win. When Jefferson is fired, he’s desperate and agrees to help drug dealer Ank. Ayanna finds the drugs and overdoses. She’s rushed to the hospital. Jefferson is about to be arrested when his friend, Chung, takes the fall for him, claiming responsibility for the drugs.

She smiled teasingly at him, unable to fully resist his charming goofiness, even with the inner crisis she was currently having. “So, we’re friends?”

Valentine nodded, looking at his daughter very seriously. “Yeah, you definitely shouldn’t do that again. Anything else?”