Post B

"Let Mr.Wood be a blank slate to me then. Let me judge him for himself."(p.22) This qoute shows that Emma is trying not to be judgemental. This is a hard thing for most people to do. We tend to pay attention to what others' think. Mr.Wood is in jail, because it is rumored that he killed his wife. As a new Years' resolution, Emma is trying to become a better person. Her husband John suggested she do this by writing to someone in jail. Someone who doesn't get many visitors and would probably like to feel that someone still cares about what happens to them. Emma feels that this will fill her New Years' resolution. I would think that it would be extremely difficult not to judge somone based on the fact that they are in jail. Even if they didn't commit a crime, they were convicted of being guilty. That kind of person is guilty of being stupid. If they truly didn't do it, I believe they could find a way to prove the truth. I think Emma has already filled her resloution af being a better person, just by not judging Mr.Wood based on the fact he is in prison. Emma is already a better person than most of the world. If everyone could have a resolution like this, prejudice wouldn't exist. Unfortunately this is a fiction book, and we live in the real world.