Jackie Colangelo
Professor Young
English 1101
7 February 2016
Reading
Log Questions 2
1. Who
is Kelly?
Kelly is the captain of the Red Shirts.
This was on pg 59. “A man rode to the front of them, a sour-looking feller with
a face like molded bread, pock-faced. I reckon he was their leader.”
Who
are the Red Shirts?
The Red Shirts are an army of Missourians.
This was on pg 58. “I was about to jump out when, around the curve behind him,
a posse of sixteen red-shirts on horses in columns of twos appeared. They was
Missourians, and traveling like an army.”
Who
is Nigger Bob?
Nigger Bob is a black man who was a driver
of a wagon that was in the middle of the dispute between Kelly and Pardee. This
was on pg 62. “Nigger Bob was a hardy, tall, fit Negro, not more than
twenty-five, setting atop the driver’s bench on the wagon.”
Work Cited
McBride, James. The Good Lord Bird. New York: Penguin Group, 2013. Print.
Thank you for your comments Jackie. Your images connect to the Good Lord Bird. Can you elaborate on who Nigger Bob is more thoroughly? Who did he work for? What was his status?
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Bob was owned by Mr. Pardee, Bob did task for his owner. Bob had wife and kids and wanted to get to freedom.
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