This is my last ! imagine you are the judge hearing the case brought against john brown. given what you know about the historical facts surrounding john brown's efforts to end slavery and ralph waldo emerson's philosophy of transcendentalism, describe the ruling you would make on the charge of treason.

On October 16, 1859 John Brown and nearly two dozen people seized the armory at Harper's Ferry in West Virginia right behind John Brown in hopes of ending slavery for the most part of what they could do, Captured and brought to trial for treason now i shall listen to both sides of why you have done this and decide weather you have done it for the right or wrong reasons. I myself believe that john has done the wrong thing for the right reasons yes you were fighting against other people but you are trying to free the people whom are being enslaved, You may not like my opinions of this case but i am the judge so what i say shall go down and if you have a problem with my ruling than you may stand up and leave because i am one of many people who shall stand up for the right of all people not just white or black i stand for the women and men who don’t have a voice in this world i am for the people. Color people need to have a voice in this world that we have because they are people just like us even if you the people don’t want to hear this or see it, People need to sit down and listen to what i have to say and what John has say because what this man has to say has a lot of meaning behind him and experience in what he is talking about.

Explanation:

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.