I am a big grudge holder, and I know it would take some time to forgive someone, who had taken a huge chunk of my life away from me especially if i did not deserve the punishment. It would be hard for me to completely understand how after 11 years of your life taken from you, you can simply let go so easily. This story’s ability to show one man’s complete forgiveness is quite inspiring. In “Picking Cotton” Ronald Cotton after 11 years in prison, came to forgive Jennifer after that one polive line-up that forever would change his life. Jennifer has given me a better example on how i could better handle a situation like hers. In that position I know it would be very difficult to remain calm and not scream my head off while kicking or trying to “fight” my attacker. Seeing how her distracting of him kept her safe and alive is quite inspiring. Even though Jennifer felt scared, and feared her perpetrator she remained strong and fairly calm while trying to get the rapist on her good side. How dirty, scared, and helpless she felt and gave us the opportunity to feel what the way she did. Knowing what had happened in such a detailed point of view gave the reader an opportunity to truely understand how Jennifer felt during the frightful event. I believe Jennifer wanted to give us a strong sense of what exactly happened to her. This story was quite descriptive when it came to what actually happened, both during the rape and what happened after the rape. They were able to share each of their stories differently, yet completely together. Jennifer and Ron were able to tell thier individual point of view of the story.
That way we couldn’t veiw our opinions strictly to one or the other. This gave both, Jennifer and Cotton, a turn to tell their story.
I enjoyed being able to see both how Jennifer whent through the rape and questioning and being able to see what actually happened with Cotton. Writing this book in this pattern gave each character a turn to show their side of the story. The next chapter was told in the view of Ronald Cotton, the suspect. How things looked on her point of view, exactly how things happened on the night of her rape. She first told the story, in the eyes on Jennifer. Jennifer Thompson wrote “Picking Cotton” in a different sort of way.
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