Chapter 5
1. Virgil's boss back in Pasadena, California gave him permission to work with them on the case. When Gillespie drives to pick Virgil up back from his walk to the train station, he was acting kinder than before because he is patiently waiting for the day that Tibbs will fail the case.
2. Virgil is patient as usual when Gillespie yells at him to get out of the case. He exits by saying "Good morning, Chief Gillespie," (pg. 45) and quietly gets up and exits the room. Once he's in the lobby he asks for a ride to the train station, but drops the idea when the secretary states that he must have permission from the chief to drive him there.
3. Frank Shubert was the mayor of Wells before George Endicott was. Now, he runs a hardware store and owns two gas stations. Frank Shubert thinks that Virgil Tibbs will fail to solve this case. If he does, he will fall back and take the blame himself to the town so that he will not look bad. Frank persuades him by saying that whatever happens he will win and the whole town will be on his side.
4. a) Gillespie's "comment" was obviously rude, and I understand that it was based in America's racist time period. Now, though, it's understood that black people don't have any different smell than from anyone else.
2. Virgil is patient as usual when Gillespie yells at him to get out of the case. He exits by saying "Good morning, Chief Gillespie," (pg. 45) and quietly gets up and exits the room. Once he's in the lobby he asks for a ride to the train station, but drops the idea when the secretary states that he must have permission from the chief to drive him there.
3. Frank Shubert was the mayor of Wells before George Endicott was. Now, he runs a hardware store and owns two gas stations. Frank Shubert thinks that Virgil Tibbs will fail to solve this case. If he does, he will fall back and take the blame himself to the town so that he will not look bad. Frank persuades him by saying that whatever happens he will win and the whole town will be on his side.
4. a) Gillespie's "comment" was obviously rude, and I understand that it was based in America's racist time period. Now, though, it's understood that black people don't have any different smell than from anyone else.
b) I understood Virgil's metaphor. Jack the Ripper is a famous serial killer in England that has never been found. This proves that Virgil Tibb's is obedient towards his boss' orders, and he will do anything to fulfil those orders.
c) Virgil is a smart man. He knows that they are using him as a backup plan. They think if they fail, Virgil will step up to take the blame, so that they do not look back for the town.
d) Mr. Tibbs does not want to stand out in the small town, especially in a racist town such as Wells.
e) I am not sure what their conversation was specially about and what he was trying to imply within it. I searched "San Quentin" up, and it is a state prison. I think that Virgil did some serious work at that prison and he is caught some big criminals in California.
5. Mrs. Endicott is polite and treats him like any other human. Upon meeting Virgil Tibbs, she immediately shook his hand as she welcomed him and Sam Wood into her home. This is how normal people formally greet each other in person. The book is set just after racism was not as "popular". Mr. and Mrs. Endicott are from the Northern states, where they accepted blacks as much as they accepted whites unlike the south. South Carolina is part of the "southern states" meaning that blacks were not accepted as others were. Many people today still disagree with society's approval of "coloured people".
6. Eric Kauffman is "Mantoli's associate and manager." (pg. 52) He claims that he was to report to Atlanta the morning of the next day, so he started to drive on the road at 10pm.
7. Sam is quite protective and caring of Duena's emotional and physical health. Duena wants to know everything even if it hurts, she's truthful to herself and others. She is proper about the way she sits and walks. She knows what goes on around her. In conclusion, she is honest and aware.
8. Virgil is officially on the Mantoli murder case. Sam Wood is in the process of developing a relationship with Duena Mantoli.
c) Virgil is a smart man. He knows that they are using him as a backup plan. They think if they fail, Virgil will step up to take the blame, so that they do not look back for the town.
d) Mr. Tibbs does not want to stand out in the small town, especially in a racist town such as Wells.
e) I am not sure what their conversation was specially about and what he was trying to imply within it. I searched "San Quentin" up, and it is a state prison. I think that Virgil did some serious work at that prison and he is caught some big criminals in California.
5. Mrs. Endicott is polite and treats him like any other human. Upon meeting Virgil Tibbs, she immediately shook his hand as she welcomed him and Sam Wood into her home. This is how normal people formally greet each other in person. The book is set just after racism was not as "popular". Mr. and Mrs. Endicott are from the Northern states, where they accepted blacks as much as they accepted whites unlike the south. South Carolina is part of the "southern states" meaning that blacks were not accepted as others were. Many people today still disagree with society's approval of "coloured people".
6. Eric Kauffman is "Mantoli's associate and manager." (pg. 52) He claims that he was to report to Atlanta the morning of the next day, so he started to drive on the road at 10pm.
7. Sam is quite protective and caring of Duena's emotional and physical health. Duena wants to know everything even if it hurts, she's truthful to herself and others. She is proper about the way she sits and walks. She knows what goes on around her. In conclusion, she is honest and aware.
8. Virgil is officially on the Mantoli murder case. Sam Wood is in the process of developing a relationship with Duena Mantoli.
