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The Watsons Reflection

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Decoryan Holman Reflection #2
The Watsons are a black family residing in Flint, Michigan. Wilona, the mother, is originally from Birmingham, Alabama. Although it takes place in 1963, she relocated to Flint after meeting her now husband, Daniel. Byron, their oldest son is a bully, and tends to find himself in all sorts of trouble. Kenny, who is the main character of the book, is intelligent and soft spoken. Joetta, referred to as “Joey” is the sensitive child who never breaks the rules.
Byron and his friends spent most of their time picking on Kenny. Although, that didn’t stop him from finding more trouble to get into. He got his lips tuck to the frozen mirror on the family vehicle, was caught stealing, the list goes on and on. When Byron got his hair …show more content…

Unfortunately, a bomb exploded in the basement of the church. The Watson family rushed to the scene where Kenny found a torn shoe that looked identical to the ones he complimented his sister wearing before she left for church.
Kenny, distraught, ran home terrified not knowing what has happened to his little sister. He did not know that it was actually white supremacists that blew up that Baptist church. While panicking at his Grandma’s house, and the rest of the family frantically searched for Joey, Joey wandered home. It turned out that she wasn’t even inside the church when it exploded. When the rest of the family returned home, they were overjoyed to see Joey.
The Watsons packed up and headed home, realizing they did not want to have their family in the racially tense south. Kenny was definitely shaken the most by the bombing and wanted to be left alone and went into “hiding”. Byron, who had matured talked to Kenny and reassured him that it was not his fault. Kenny then decided to come out of hiding and be with his family

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