In Chapter 1, T.J. makes fun of Little Man, when Little Man is angered by getting his Sunday clothes dirty. T.J. does not even make an effort to help Little Man out, when Little Man was struggling to get on the bank. When Stacey said to get up on the bank, Little Man didn’t, and he paid the price when the bus got his Sunday clothes drenched in red dust. Stacey says, “shut up” to T.J., as well as Cassie, but decides to go back to him, and forgive him once they are on the school grounds. This shows that even though T.J. has the nerve to make Stacey’s family members upset, Stacey still proceeds to go back to T.J., and not make him ever apologize for his mistakes or behavior.
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Jeremy proceeds to give Stacey a flute, that Stacey accepts awkwardly. After Jeremy leaves, Stacey asks Papa why Jeremy gave him the flute, and that he didn’t give Jeremy nothing. Papa says, “maybe you did give him something”. But, Stacey immediately says, “No sir, Papa. I ain't never given him nothin' !'. Papa says back, “Not even your friendship!”. Stacey says that, he hasn’t really given Jeremy his friendship, and that he’s just a crazy kid that walks to school with them. Papa thinks that Stacey truly, truly, likes Jeremy.
Stacey thinks, and says that he told Jeremy he didn’t want him walking with them, but he keeps on anyway and the white kids laugh at him 'cause he do. But he don't seem to let it bother him none… and he likes him. He asks Papa if that is wrong. Papa said it wasn’t wrong, and Stacey said if he let Jeremy be his friend, Jeremy would be a lot better of a friend than T.J. Papa says, ‘Far as I'm concerned, friendship between black and white don't mean that much 'cause it usually ain't on a equal basis. Right now you and Jeremy might get along fine, but in a few years he'll think of himself as a man but you'll probably still be a boy to him. And if he feels that way, he'll turn on you in a minute.' ‘But Stacey says, Papa, I don't think Jeremy'd be that way. Stacey now realizes that he does like Jeremy, and that Jeremy is a good person, who he just hasn’t given a chance, because of what …show more content…
But, at the same time, Jeremy is white, so Stacey can’t be friends with a race that feels that their to a higher standard than the opposite race. He’d thought about giving Jeremy Simms a chance at being his friend, but, Papa has convinced him that what is going on racially between whites and blacks stands in the way. So, as a result of this, Stacey puts the flute away, in his “treasure box”, and that flute never could see the light of day
This effects Stacey’s decisions in Chapter 7, because Stacey …show more content…
Jeremy proceeds to give Stacey a flute, that Stacey accepts awkwardly. After Jeremy leaves, Stacey asks Papa why Jeremy gave him the flute, and that he didn’t give Jeremy nothing. Papa says, “maybe you did give him something”. But, Stacey immediately says, “No sir, Papa. I ain't never given him nothin' !'. Papa says back, “Not even your friendship!”. Stacey says that, he hasn’t really given Jeremy his friendship, and that he’s just a crazy kid that walks to school with them. Papa thinks that Stacey truly, truly, likes Jeremy.
Stacey thinks, and says that he told Jeremy he didn’t want him walking with them, but he keeps on anyway and the white kids laugh at him 'cause he do. But he don't seem to let it bother him none… and he likes him. He asks Papa if that is wrong. Papa said it wasn’t wrong, and Stacey said if he let Jeremy be his friend, Jeremy would be a lot better of a friend than T.J. Papa says, ‘Far as I'm concerned, friendship between black and white don't mean that much 'cause it usually ain't on a equal basis. Right now you and Jeremy might get along fine, but in a few years he'll think of himself as a man but you'll probably still be a boy to him. And if he feels that way, he'll turn on you in a minute.' ‘But Stacey says, Papa, I don't think Jeremy'd be that way. Stacey now realizes that he does like Jeremy, and that Jeremy is a good person, who he just hasn’t given a chance, because of what …show more content…
But, at the same time, Jeremy is white, so Stacey can’t be friends with a race that feels that their to a higher standard than the opposite race. He’d thought about giving Jeremy Simms a chance at being his friend, but, Papa has convinced him that what is going on racially between whites and blacks stands in the way. So, as a result of this, Stacey puts the flute away, in his “treasure box”, and that flute never could see the light of day