the wedding p. 120-180

Summary

As Shelby's father walked on the beach he reminised about the his family ancestry. It all started with a man named Old Sir who marries an Ebony Woman and they gave birth to a butternut woman. The butternut woman lived in the south and one day a man came by and he was a preacher. they both had isaac who was Shelby's father's grandfather by the name of Isaac. Isaac became a doctor and married a schoolteacher. Both of them were very involved in making the community more advanced and enriched by helping black and colored people. Isaac was very set on the idea of changing poeple's lives that were less fortunate than he was. He took a vow to do God's work becuase that was what his father the preacher would have wanted. offortunately though, Isaac died one night in his bed asleep, and his wife found him there like that when she woke up next to him. leaving his boys and his wife alone without a father or and a husband.

Quatation

" she brushed a fingertip softly against his cold forehead, and then she turned and walked from the room"(West 179).

Reaction

This qoute is describling the actions that take place after Isaac dies and his wife is attending to his body. The quote is using a metaphor becuase it's comparing something hard to something soft. The use of the of fingers to the touch of her husband's hard forehead. This qoute sums of the Way Isaac was last seen by his family. It was very sad becuase the family lost a husband and a father.