How Does Mississippi Trial Change Throughout The Novel

Mississippi Trial, 1955
Segregation is the action of setting someone or many apart from others. During the story, Mississippi Trial, 1955, Emmett Till is one of many black people who are treated unfairly and are ripped apart from their own community. Hiram noticed the indifference between black and white people. He decides he wants to take action and fix the horrible problems that many are facing. Throughout the novel, Mississippi Trial, 1955, by Chris Crowe, Hiram experiences ups and downs all through the story. Hiram dramatically changes from the beginning of the story to the end. As time goes on, Hiram grows to be a confident person as he witnesses black people being mistreated. Moreover, Hiram becomes more brave and speaks up about

Hiram begins to notice that people aren't who they say they are. He notices that R.C. at first was a great friend and then he showed his true colors when he tortured Emmett Till at the Tallahatchie River. “When it was all over; I started seeing Dad- and lots of people- a whole lot different than ever before.” (Crowe 2) This proves that after Emmett was mistreated, Hiram started to feel as if the people he knew well are now people he knows nothing about. Hiram acknowledges how people act when something bad happens to a black person. Furthermore, he really thought that R.C. was his friend but now he knows how they act when it comes to people they don’t like. As Hiram goes on to live his life, he thinks that even if it’s the wrong place and wrong time, a good person would not go along with anything awful. “But even if he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time, a good person should not go along. He should leave or stop whatever bad that’s happening.” (Crowe 221) This shows how Hiram believes that a good person should be able to stop a situation and to Hiram many people were not showing him that they were good people. After what Hiram observed, he notices black people getting treated differently and his own friends are some out of many that are corrupting people's

Some just wanted to share the same relationship as others. Hiram says to his Grampa that he can be handy as well, just like the black man working the cotton fields. “I’m good with my hands too, Grandpa. Grandma lets me help in the garden.”(Crowe 8) This shows how Hiram feels towards the way he saw how his Grampa was treating the black man. He says he’s handy because he saw how hard the man was working and wanted to help him out. Throughout Hiram's time living with his grandfather and grandmother, he realized that he wanted a relationship with his dad like he had with his grandfather. “Grampa, sometimes I wish that Dad and I could be like you and me.” (Crowe 114) This states that Hiram had a stronger relationship with his grandfather and did not really like his dad at the time. Although, Hiram wishes he was closer to his father even though he didn't like his father's actions and how he disliked his grandfather. All Hiram wanted was to get along with his dad and be able to have a similar relationship like he had with his