Mississippi Trial 1955

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English 11 Honor 3 January 2012 Mississippi Trial 1955: Character Analysis Hiriam Hillburn was a boy who grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi with his grandparents. Hiriam and his grandfather were very close. He loved his grandmother’s cooking and going to his grandfather’s plantation. When he was seven his grandmother died out of the blue and his grandfather became very ill. Once he turned nine, his father came and took him from Greenwood. Hiriam then moved to Tempe, Arizona. He gained four other siblings and his dad became a college professor. Finally, after 7 long years of begging, pleading, and fighting with his father, Hiriam got to go on a summer vacation back to Mississippi. While there he got involved in a murder/kidnapping case of a Negro boy by the name of Emmett Till. In the book, Hiriam Hillburn, grew as a person. He started to see things that he didn’t see before. Hiriam started making the right decisions. When returning home, he made the decision of making things right with his dad. Also, he made the right decision by going on trial. He didn’t care about the color of the skin of the victim or accused. Hiriam just wanted to make sure justice was served. Hiriam, also stood up to R.C. Rydell who he use to be afraid of as a child. Mississppi Trail 1955: Theme The theme of the story is a person should always believe in what he/she thinks is right. It is revealed in the book when Hiriam is served with a subpoena saying he has to appear in court. He is confused because he doesn’t know if he should testify because of his grandfather and Namoi telling him not to. Or if he should because he believes R.C. Rydell is involved in the murder because of what he told him about him and 2 other white men going to find Emmett Till. It is also revealed when Hiriam says “I was Hiriam Hillburn, and I knew what I was going to do: I was going to do what is right.”

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