Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Assignment 3 Fried Green Tomatoes
This novel has a great deal to say about race relations in the South. How did the black and white communities interact in this story both within and beyond the borders of Whistle Stop? Were Idgie and Ruth's views typical of the time and period? Answer these questions in a paragraph (5 sentence minimum) and reply to at least TWO of your peers (2 sentence minimum).
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The relationship was very tense between the two races. People would go completely out of their own town to follow someone and "make a point". Idgie and Ruth were kind and treated colored people more like humans. This was almost unheard of in this time period. Although their behavior was not accepted they still did what they felt was the right thing.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you
DeleteI also agree with you. They would blow things out of proportion. I agree with the way Ruth and Idgie approached things.
DeleteI agree with what you said. Not very many people were kind to the colored people back then
DeleteWhen they were in the cafe the cooks worked in the back and ate in the back of the cafe outside. When they were outside the cafe, it didn't seem to me to be any different to idgie and Ruth. Idgie and Ruth's view was that they new that other people wouldn't like blacks being in the cafe so they had them eat out back.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree. I think that it's nice that they still feed the blacks in matter what.
DeleteI agree
DeleteThey still feed the blacks because they care about them. The only reason why they had to eat out back was because they were afraid of the KKK coming back.
DeleteThey were excepting no matter if they were black or not. They didn't really care if they were blacks or not. They liked them for them. Also others didn't really like the blacks in the cafe so they just left them in the back of the cafe.
ReplyDeleteAd they also had them help in the kitchen too.
DeleteThey tried to act like blacks were worthless when around outsiders.
DeleteDo you think this makes them two faced Jarrod, or do you think they were taking big enough of a risk just by accepting them.
DeleteThe blacks and whites did not get along very well. They interacted in a way that is very different then the way blacks and whites act now. Idgie and Ruth's views were typical for this time and period.
ReplyDeleteThey knew that people wouldn't like blacks in the cafe but she still kept them. She made them eat in the back outside the cafe and let them work in the kitchen.
DeleteEven tho she new people didn't like to have black near the cafe Idgie and Ruth didn't care they still had them there. They are all very welcoming to.
DeleteIdgie and Ruth are pretty friendly towards the blacks. Most people in this time period act distant. They get along with the colored but they don't treat them as they would if they were white. In the whistle stop, they are civil and don't have any problems. But outside of the whistle stop they are rude and disrespectful. It might also be because the kkk was still present back then.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I think they act distant towards them too.
DeleteI agree. Not very many people were kind to the colored people back in those days.
DeleteI like your way of wording this.
DeleteIdgie and Ruth are friends with them and consider some of them family. Other people are still distant from black people. They are ok with black people but they don't want to get to close. But people outside of Whistle Stop still have a lot of problems with it. A lot of people are still involved with the KKK.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Ashley. I think your point was very well said.
DeleteThere was quite a bit of tension between the two races. People would put the white sheets on and stand outside the diner trying to scare people. Idgie and Ruth were kind to the colored people. They would feed them at the back door of the diner. Their behavior wasn't very common back in those times.
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DeleteWhistle stop was good at equality for the time period. Outside whistle stop it was worse. A certain word was used very loosely that today would be very bad. Ruth and idgie were good to everyone and didn't discriminate anyone by anything but there personality. Some places were really bad and unfair though.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything u said
DeleteEveryone other then idge and Ruth were distant toward the blacks. Ruth and idgie got along with them and were friends with some of them. Outside wisltle stop people didn't like them. Ruth and idgie arnt really considered normal but they don't care. They will even work with them so they could careless.
ReplyDeleteEven though the racism in this book sounds bad for today's standards. In 1930's standards Whistle Stop was relatively calm. I don't think the KKK in this area has any intentions but to scare the blacks in the community. Even though Idge and Ruth were nice to the blacks they still made them eat out back. By accepting the blacks they became black in a sense.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you say they became black?
DeleteRuth and Idgie were the only ones who seem to get along with the blacks. I think they followed what others thought the blacks should do so that they were not outcasts. They didn't care what others thought but to be a social outcast would have been unheard of. The tension between the races was very normal for that time period.
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