<p>Sara Calderon</p><p>Mr.Kozak 7</p><p>Modes of Writing: Fiction “I don’t care about color I don’t want to talk about justice I wanna be about it” –Atticus</p><p>“Never wanted to out from the games,</p><p>But I didn’t want to live one forever</p><p>I hear my sister laughing, that’s not me anymore…</p><p>Racism got revenge; I got pushed to the floor.</p><p>I support the beliefs of my father, </p><p>It’s Tom’s God given right to look around.</p><p>So I’ll refuse to live in the perfect world,</p><p>The public thought is not my thought.</p><p>And my father taught me to live in the real world.” –Jem</p><p>Sensitive to reality</p><p>Careful to judge</p><p>Optimistic about people</p><p>Uncertain about people’s reasoning</p><p>Tenacious “Living in color isn’t easy, never was, and never will be.</p><p>And racism doesn’t live in a secluded jungle, </p><p>It lives in modern society.</p><p>And for the innocents,</p><p>Racism is a lost war...</p><p>It’s also a game in justice, which I cannot win.</p><p>I will spend the rest of my life, being steel bars,</p><p>For the blood of anger of the lighter colored.</p><p>So I’ll just soak in your tongue of torture</p><p>And wallow in the sorrow of hate and death.” –Tom Robinson</p><p>“Blacks speak English just like us. Why are they viewed as animals? Now their ain’t one white I can trust. My tears don’t shed for prejudice, They shed for the sorrow of injustice. My town is a cloud of dark opinions It’s a community that I thought I knew, These people serve as Satan’s minions. And I don’t know if I’ll ever find my place…”</p><p>–Charles Baker Harris (Dill) “Black is a dull and bitter color… It brings sadness and anger to the world, Negros are just animals with the use of English. They corrupt this small community. They say they’re just like me and you. But I don’t see one trait on them that matches me. So therefore, how should I treat them like they’re even equal? How do some whites tolerate their darkness? Makes me sick, Makes me angry, Some people refuse to understand that. They are the threat, and we are the victims…”</p><p>–Robert E. Lee Ewell</p>