Read and Response 11/13/11

Chapter 1 of Go Tell it on the Mountain
Part 1 "The Seventh Day" 
Pages 1-15
Who is John Grimms? Describe his character (age, behavior, friends, and family)
John Grimms is the 14 year old son of Elisabeth and Gabriel Grimmes. He is a very smart boy who everyone expects to become a preacher like his father. He doesn't go outside that much and doesn't have any friends John hates his father for all the things he puts him and his family through.
 

Pages 15-31
Where does this novel take place? Consider location and time. How does this affect the plot of the story? If it took place in 2011, would the story be different? How? Discuss a detail from the section.
The story takes place in New York.  It is 1935 in the story so they were still highly racial. Like when he was walking he knew that no one who looked like him was allowed to live in the neighborhood he was in. If it were 2011, I feel like he wouldn't feel so uncomfortable, because everyone would be treated for the most part the same. He would not have had to enter through the back doors; he could just walk right through the front.

Pages 32 - 65 (Rest of Chapter 1)
Religion plays a crucial role in John's life.  How did America's Puritan history affect John's father. (Consider the Puritan texts we've read in class.) 
I think puritan history affected Johns father, how he went about his everyday life. He had very strong religious beliefs as did the Puritans.  John's Father is the pastor at the church they attend. He does everything in his life around religion, for example the after work bible studies.  In the Puritan readings they were also very strong religious people.

Part 2 "The Prayer's of the Saints" - Florence's Prayer
Pages 61-75 
in this section we read from Florence's perspective. She does not often share her opinions with her family. What does she think of the Northern church, as opposed to her church in the south? Use one quote to support your answer.

Florence thinks that churches in the north are different and “indecent” because of the way people acted when they prayed such as screaming, shouting, and cry out loud, in the south they were quiet. In the book it says ‘It was indecent, to cry out loud at the foot of the alter..."