This is a really frustrating book to read, you really feel bad for Steve and the situation that he's in and you want to help him but you can't. The trial still isn't looking good for him and it seems like the jury may convict him, he's trying to get his side of the story out but they aren't listening which is really frustrating. You can tell that the trial is getting to Steve and that it's messing with his head. This is earlier in the book but I was re-reading over it and this part struck me as odd. He's starting to have dreams about the trial, a quote that I thought was interesting is this, "The dream took place in the courtroom. I was trying to ask questions and nobody could hear me. I was shouting and shouting but everyone went about their business as if I wasn't there. I hope I didn't shout out in my sleep. That would look weak to everybody. It's not good to be weak in here" (63-64).

I thought this quote was really interesting because it shows how much of a toll this trial has taken on him. He's having terrible dreams about telling people things and trying to ask them questions but they just go about their business as if he wasn't even there. I think that that is really unfair because if the jury just judges him because he is black, they could put an innocent man behind bars. It just doesn't seem right that people would judge someone on the color of their skin and just assume that they are guilty, I mean, I know that there are stereotypes and people make assumptions right away but if it's such a serious matter as if a person will go to jail, possibly for the rest of his life, people should put those feelings aside and look at the evidence and make decisions from there.

This quote reminds me of something that happened to me, it's not really relevant to the book but I just thought I'd share. I was sleeping one night a really long time ago, like eight years ago maybe and I was having this terrible dream that I was trapped in this wooden cage and I was yelling and yelling but no one heard me. Apparently I had been yelling out in my sleep so my parents ran into my room and woke me up and I had no idea what was going on once I woke up but I was really scared because I thought I was still in the cage. I told my parents about my dream and they sat and comforted me for a little bit and when I felt better I went back to sleep and slept through the rest of the night. I just thought that this was similar to what Steve might be going through and I feel bad that he doesn't have any parents or anything that can comfort him in jail.