Hughes weaves a tight narrative that students can enjoy and use for a few purposes. Inferring life for early 20th century African Americans is one, but this is a story about caring, empathy, and forgiveness in the face of hardship. Whippoorwill Humanities’s Short Story Reading Roundtables are a Literature Circle and skills-based independent activity, homework and student-centered discussion to be done with a given reading. These activities are for those teachers who might be between books, want