"... to determine who is fit to be a Negro and who isn't?"
At the MP station when Davenport asked that question after they'd caught Peterson and Smalls, does anyone else think that he kind of posed that question to both Peterson's and Sgt. Waters' ways of thinking?
"Bust shots at Big Ben like we got time to kill!"
Can you expound on this?
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)
Well, Sarge believed that CJ and most rural (i.e. "country") Southern blacks were ignorant, buffoons, who were an embarrassment and hindrance to the advancement of the black race in America. As far as Sarge was concerned, black people like CJ weren't fit to be Negros.
Peterson believed black people like Sarge - black people who seek white approval, usually at the expense and belittlement of their own people and then claim they're doing it for the good of their people, was also an embarrassment and hindrance to the advancement of the black race in America. As far as Peterson was concerned, black people who thought as Sergeant Waters were not fit to be Negros.
"Bust shots at Big Ben like we got time to kill!"
Thanks for responding. I see your point. I think Captain Davenport was heartbroken by what he learned during his investigation. He was always after the truth of what happened to Sgt. Waters but I think he may have been genuinely suprised when he learned that that truth entailed.
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)
Thanks for responding. I see your point. I think Captain Davenport was heartbroken by what he learned during his investigation. He was always after the truth of what happened to Sgt. Waters but I think he may have been genuinely suprised when he learned that that truth entailed.
I always wondered this... but he knew Peterson did it. What I questioned the most was this line: "Sargeant! Get these goddamn men outta here!" This indicates that they were both guilty. The tears on the Major's face said it all.
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