Reading Log 3 Questions

Jackie Colangelo
Professor Young
English 1101
20 February 2016

1. What is Owen’s response to Fred?

Owen’s response to Fred, when Fred die, him and his brothers decided to stop fighting because they knew they could not compete with a large army after them. John Brown grants their wishes but he is still going to fight.

2.  Who does Onion travel with?

First Onion was with John Brown’s sons, then the sons split up so then Onion travels with Chase and Randy who are part of the rebels. Onion is also traveling with Bob. Onion and Bob were originally going to travel with Owen to Lawrence, but Randy and Chase were taking them to Pikeville instead.

 3. Who owns Pikesville Hotel?

Miss Abbey, a white woman owns Pikesville Hotel, where she has varied of jobs for their workers. She has some white workers but the majority she owns slaves.

4. Who is Chase and Randy?

Chase and Randy are part of the rebels, they stop Onion and Bob in the woods, they were in the huge fight that were attacking John Brown. Chase and Randy then take Onion and Nigger Bob to Pikesville instead of Lawrence to find them work. Later, it was said that Chase killed John Brown because he had fallen when he had gotten hit but in reality John Brown is still living. Chase introduces Onion to Pi.

5.  Map out Pikesville Hotel in terms of rank and class.

Usually the workers or slaves that work in the hotel are treated better than the slaves that work in the pen. Two different living environment. Ones that work in the hotel are usually treated with care, as Onion said he gets treated just as good as he was living with Dutch Henry. "Miss Abby was a slaveholder true enough, but she was a good slave-holder. She was a lot like Dutch."(pg 157-158) He waits tables, does the dishes, gives haircuts and shines shoes. Pi treats Onion well, he is well dressed and is fed. While the other slaves living outside is horrible. In the pen which has a fence all around doing all different work in the dirt. When Onion visited he said it smelt so bad the slaves didn’t even give him the time of day because he was so well treated. He said they were making mud pies."Inside both them pens combined- the pen where they fed the pigs and the pen where the slaves lived."(pg 159)

6. Who is Sibonia?

Sibonia is one of the slaves that lives in the slave pen, where the living conditions are awful. She is considered crazy when Onion first meets her because she screams nonsense and throws mud pies at Onion face, but when Onion ask where is Bob, she drops the act for a second and makes a deal. If Onion teaches her to write her papers she tells where Bob is, which she does and then she goes back to acting crazy.

 7. Who is Pie?

Pie is one of the well treated slaves that works with Miss Abby in the hotel. She is well dressed and is described as beautiful by Onion. She even has some privileges like locking up the shops at night. Her job is giving “favors” to men, and she finds out that Onion is a boy and keeps his secret, if he teaches her how to write her letters.

8. Who is Darg?

Drag is in charge of the pen, he was tall, wide and thick. When everyone saw him they all went back to work quickly, and he spoke with a harsh tone with harsh responses.

Work Cited

McBride, James. The Good Lord Bird. New York: Penguin Group, 2013. Print.