Who Are The New People?

Kelly Maciel
ENGW 1101
Professor Young
18 February 2016

Who Are The New People?

So many people are introduced throughout the book The Good Lord Bird! It's honestly so hard to even catch up! Though, five new people catch the eyes of the readers, having unique personalities that make them stand out from the rest. 

The infamous Reverend Martin is back, but it's not for anything good! The Reverend is literally in a scene, and within less than a page, he already kills poor little Fred! 

He then goes into Osawatomie and burns down the houses and kills all the Free Staters. HONESTLY, what kind of Reverend is this?! (Also forgot to mention the fact that he was drunk during this demolition of Oswatomie). Honestly, from the dialogue, the Reverend seems very hardheaded. To him, theres no room for explanation. As soon as you're the enemy, you stay the enemy. Which is pretty much the major reason he killed Fred!

"But that feeling of that ice cream running down my little red lane in summertime weren't nothing compared to seeing that bundle of beauty coming down them stairs that first time. She would the hat off your head" (144). 

This beauty that Onion is talking about is Pie. She's got brown skin, high cheekbones and BIG brow eyes. She was taller than Onion, and moved with such class. She's seen as a strong woman, standing up for herself. She's also very observing, catching things that are slightly off. Onion states, "White fellers on the prairie, even white woman, didn't pay two cents' worth of attention to a simple colored girl. But Pietas the first colored woman I seen in the two years since I started wearing that getup, and she smelled a rat right off" (145). 

Miss Abby is a lady known to wearing tons of makeup. Onion states, "That woman was so ugly, she looked like a death threat" (147). Though she might be ugly, she's still feisty! As Onion tries running away by hiding under Pie's bed, Miss Abby goes after him. She's not a super nice woman though. Granted she does take care of the girls in the house, she's still super vulgar. She literally cursed Pie out just because of a scarf!

Crazy little Sibonia, constantly stating, "Pretty, pretty, yeller, yeller!" (160). She's described as feebleminded, and Onion doesn't take quite a liking to her the first time. Not after her throwing mud all up in his face! Though, she was a mysterious woman. One moment she acts all crazy, the next she's completely serious, deadly even. Sibonia, although first coming off as ditzy, is actually a strong and intelligent woman. She was practically deadly. She states, "Don't stretch your mouth to nobody about this, especially Pie. If you do, I'll know about it, and you'll wake up with a heap of knives poking out of that pretty neck of yours. Mine's be the first" (166).

Darg is described as a monster of a man. Though, Onion has to comment that "that fool was ugly enough to make you think the Lord put him together with His eyes closed, guessing" (169). He's in-charge of the pen, where all the slaves stay. He catches Onion there, and starts talking to her. From the first conversation, you get the major idea that he's a huge pervert, seeing as he's already asking for a li'l sugar from Onion. 

Reading Log Questions #1

Kelly Maciel
English 1101
February 4, 2016
Prof. Young

Reading Log Questions #1

"Feather of a Good Lord Bird. Now, that's something special" (25). The first time The Good Lord Bird is ever mentioned in the book, it's seen as something mystical and special to the reader. The second time it is mentioned, it comes off as an angel, something that comes from the heavens itself. Fred states that "it's so pretty that when man see's it, he says, 'Good Lord'" (33). The Good Lord Bird represents the good thats to come. Those who actually see it for what it is believe it to be a mystical and beautiful being, they see more than what's actually on the surface. As of now, Henry only see's the bird as any random being, but its possible that farther down the line, Henry's eyes will open up to the beauty of this amazing creature. 

Due to his travel's with Old John Brown, Henry has been going through starvation. He truly would eat anything and everything just to have some food in his system. So, when Old John Brown hands Henry an onion that was "dried, dusty, covered with feathers, cobwebs, lint, and other junk from his [John Brown's] pocket," (23) he takes a huge bite of it. He had eaten John Browns good luck charm! After that, he had gained the nickname, "Little Onion."

No matter what the circumstances are, Henry continues to live a lie. He tries to find a rationale reason on why he continues to do it and states, "Truth is, lying come natural to all Negroes during the slave time, for no man or woman in bondage ever prospered stating their true thoughts to the boss" (30). He believe's that since he is in fact an american american, it makes it more justifiable that he is lying for so long. Though it still does not make him justifiable. He believes that if he tells the truth, he was going to do all the things that the other men have to do, and that scares him. Though, he should not have to live a lie just to survive.

See you next time!