*What is the rhetorical argument behind the comparison of the moon to a "white man's bloodshot eye" on page 110?
*What is the tone of the two paragraphs on pages 110 and 111, beginning with "Into the doors and into the soft lights..."?
*What is the rhetorical effect of the italicized passage?
*What phrase does the narrator use to describe Bledsoe's position relative to the trustees around him? Why is this significant?
*How is allusion used during Rev. Barbee's sermon?
*How is simile used to express the effect of the Founder's death?
*How are sound devices connected to the word "black" in the latter part of Rev. Barbee's sermon?
*What is the rhetorical effect of Rev. Barbee's blindness?
*What images does the narrator see as he leaves the chapel?
More "solemn masks" on page 111, this time alluding to the students. Why are these "masks" necessary, do you think?
Wow, Barbee is quite a speaker- beautiful oration- inspiring, except for the constant creepy cult vibe...I agree with the narrator that Bledsoe is not going to be receptive to his case after that sermon.
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The meaning to the two paragraphs is to show the feelings of those in the church through describing the environment of the church. The room is very sad and morbid. A very serious tone is taken the religion. The people in some sense enjoy the solemn service.
I'm not really sure if i'm understanding this passage correcty but I'm just going to go for it. The narrator says the they are moving rigid and as if on exibhit, so when he makes the compariison of the moon and the white man's blood-shot eye he is saying that the black students are always being watched and are always being careful, even in the dark they need to stay aware of who the white man wants them to be.
I really liked the text at the beginning of page 111 at the beginning of chapter 5 where the church is desctibed. The description really painted a picture in my mind especially the sentance "the organ pipes looming, a gothic hierarchy of dull gilded gold." That part gave the whole sermon a feeling of being dull and gloomy.
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