Racism In The Mississippi Trial

People can learn lessons through others, books, school, and everyday life experiences. Lessons allow people to learn about life. For example, the novel Mississippi Trial, 1955, by Chris Crowe, tells the story of young Emmett Till in the south and has multiple themes. Still, the three most evident are racism is a learned behavior, the dangers of ignorance, and the consequences of choices. Crowe could show these different themes by telling different stories from different viewpoints.
Racism is a learned behavior that is shown many times throughout this novel. The author shows this in how Harlan warns Hiram about the south and Earl. Harlan wanted to keep Hiram away from his grampa for as long as he could because he feared that Earl would teach Hiram his racist ways. Hiram initially needed help

In chapter 6, Hiram saved Emmett from drowning, and Hiram knew that if he told his grandpa, then Emmett might face the consequences. Therefore he decides to lie to grandpa about saving Emmett because Emmett is black, and Hiram knows grampa is racist and would get mad at him. In chapter 8, Hiram and R.C. go fishing to catch up with each other while Hiram is visiting the town. R.C. drank a lot and took a nap while they were fishing. Emmet sees Hiram and goes up to him. Emmett was warned by his cousins not to go, but since Emmett viewed Hiram as a friend and was not from Greenwood, he did not understand the "fear" of talking to white people. While Emmett and Hiram are talking, Emmett mentions that he is hungry and could go for food. Since Hiram had much food, he offered to bring Emmett some. Hiram told Emmett that he should stay back because R.C. was over there, and he did not want him to meet R.C., but Emmett said, "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine." Once R.C. heard him say that, he stepped in and had to put Emmett in his place. Emmett's consequence in saying that was getting beat up by