Dear Martin Ch. 3-4

Dear Martin Ch. 3-4

Theme

• Universal Idea Explored in a Literary Work

• (An Idea Talked About in a Book)

All Men Are Created Equal

• Who has the power?

• Has "equality" been fully achieved (23)?

Open Ended

Jared: Dude, Manny drives a Range Rover.

Manny: What does that have to do with anything?

Jared: No beef, dude. I'm just saying your folks make way more money than mine.

Manny: Okay. They worked really hard to get to where they are, so--

Jared: I'm not saying they didn't, dude. You just proved my point. Black people have the same opportunities as white people in this country if they're willing to work hard enough. (Stone 24-25)

Does hard work always equal power?

Open Ended

SJ: Maybe if you actually followed the case [Shemar Carson] instead of getting your information from social media--

SJ makes the point that Jared isn't getting "real news". How does media- social or otherwise- have power over events?

Poll

SJ: I know you'd [directed at Jared] prefer to ignore this stuff because you benefit from it, but walking around pretending inequality doesn't exist won't make it disappear, Jared. You and Manny, who are equal in pretty much every way apart from race, could commit the same crime, but it's almost guaranteed that he would receive a harsher punishment than you.

...

SJ: Deflect all you want, but you can't deny that you get away with stuff Manny could never get away with.

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Jared: Maybe I get away with it because I'm not dumb enough to get caught.

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SJ: You get away with it because you're white... (Stone 28-29).

Do you agree or disagree with SJ's argument?

• Agree

• Disagree

Open Ended

Jared: You looked in a mirror lately, SJ? You're just as white as I am.

SJ: Yeah, and I recognize that and how it benefits me (Stone 29).

Does knowing you have power help a situation? Explain.

Open Ended

Based on chapter 4's conversation that Justyce overhears (Stone 30-33),

- How does the group treat Manny?

- How do they talk about women?

- Who holds the power- even in this "friendly" conversation? Explain.

Open Ended

Based on a closer reading of these two chapters (Stone ch. 3-4), what themes are going to be important as we read through this text?