After reading and understanding “The Trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire” and “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie two clear characteristics in this reading are inequality and discrimination due to race. While Thomas was at trial he was trying to experience himself and tell stories that had affected his life and are the reason why he is the way he was. “The judge was red-faced with anger; he almost looked Indian. He pounded his gavel until it broke. “Order in the court,” he shouted. “Order in the fucking court” (Alexie 146). This goes to prove the discrimination towards Thomas because he was a native African American, the judge refused to listen to his story as he repeatedly said “Your Honor, if I may continue, there is much more I need to say. There are so many more stories to tell” (Alexie 144). Thomas was treated with neglect and wasn’t charged ruefully he had extra charges against him.
Alkasti Grullon
I totally agree with the last sentence because it is unfair how people believed in words without any details of Thomas actually committed and overall, it is a good point you made in this assignment. And as well with details.
I totally agree with you! They was biased towards him in every way possible. They neglected him just because he was Native American. The way you worded it was excellent. I enjoyed reading this!
Hi Alkasti, great post! It is still so bizarre to me how the lawmakers were to just make up whatever they wanted to do to Thomas. Lawmakers are there to make sure it is fair, and how they treated Thomas couldn’t be more opposite of that.
Hi, the words you highlight are so powerful. What the court and officers did were unreasonable. They are not willing to listen to Thomas, and they judged Thomas was guilty even though they did not have enough evidences.
I totally agree with the highlighted words! Discrimination was so strong in this story