Dennis Hart was a cab driver who became a Republican precinct captain. He said that he "was trying to be somebody" (237) "I want my death to be worth something" (237) Dennis Hart had a desire for a meaningful life, beyond that of a cab driver. He is poetic when he describes his desires and fears of his life. He is very opinonated, and this was shown when he says "I have seen Negros cry...It's a rare incident to see a white man cry. I.. If a Negro cries, he cries ecause he's truly hurt."(241) He makes assumptions that, I don't think he has much of a background in. He also talks about how, Goldwater lost the presidential race to Kennedy, he says that "the strong feeling towards Kennedy" (241) is why he lost the race.
Tom Kearney is a policeman, who worked as a patrolman and a detective. He talks about the corruption in his line of work. He says "when people attempt to offer a bribe. I know i've been negligent in my duty because I should have arrested that person... I just turn it down" (263) He then talks about his community, Bridgeport, and the diversity of different ethnicities of whites, as "there's no colored there". He then talks about his feelings of religion when he says "I find myself at odds with the Church at various times. I knew the nuns taught me some things that weren't true. At the same time, I realized they themselves didn't know whether they were true or not." (256) He also talks about how African Americans have "the same [objectives] as mine" (266) and that they are the same people as everyone else. He believes however, that African American's have a group mentality as he classifies all of them as one of the same. He talks about how African Americans say certain things, and doesn't consider that every person is different.
Not a lot in your entries besides a quote or two and some brief summary but no real connections or conclusions about what it all means or how it might relate to what you're learning from the text.
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