How did the book make you feel and what did you think about as you read it? Were you secure in your feelings or uneasy about them? Explain. While I sat back and read this book feelings in me became more and more evident as I went on in my reading. I am no where near “ok” with any type of racism and all of the things that happened to John upset me in the deepest fashion. It truly touched me and angered me at the same time. It makes me want to know this wonderful man. To be a relative, to be his friend, and to of helped him somehow in his conquest. I feel that if I were alive then, whether I was Black, White, Asian, or a Purple People