A Lesson Before Dying Reflection Day 6 chapter 8

Chapter 8: I found this chapter very interesting because Grant kind of comes to his senses when he realizes the life of a negro during that time was just a cycle. He saw the older boys chopping wood and compared them to the two men who brought the wood in for winter. Matthew Antoine tried to warn Grant about the cycle that was bound to happen over and over again, instead Grant decided ton go and get "educated" as Mr. Antoine said. Matthew Antoine felt that he was very superior to Grant because he was Mullato, which means Bi-racial, but he was still referred and treated like a negro. The reason I think Mr. Antoine hates Grant is because he sees himself in Grant, because he too was a teacher at the same school and still never managed to escape the cycle of a negro.