To be completely honest, I didn't like C.P. Ellis very much at first. I thought he was a racist, immoral type of person. But he is not; he used to be, and he learned right from wrong by the things his heart was telling him. This is the best way we will make our dreams come true, like Ellis did; to follow our hearts, rather than our minds. First instinct is usually right because it is our first answe coming from the heart. I can see his mind changing when he said, "My mind was beginning to open up. I was beginnin' to see what was right and what was wrong. I don't want the kids to fight forever" (71). After reading this line, I realized that he reminds me of Martin Luther King in the way that he is thinking about the future rather than the present, because that is what will matter later on. He knew he needed to change, he needed to presevere, and he needed to make a difference. The message here is to never stop fighting for your dreams, and to remember that our differences can only bring us closer together as a nation.
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