tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032957194704578315.post4026206749609438740..comments2010-12-14T01:18:11.163-08:00Comments on ENN191 Responses: Response Three-"Wheres the Voice Coming From"Jeremiah Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482456378970043184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032957194704578315.post-15216862912630717342010-10-11T12:09:46.928-07:002010-10-11T12:09:46.928-07:00Hi Jeremiah - This is a great post and you do a gr...Hi Jeremiah - This is a great post and you do a great job giving a close reading of the story - I agree that we really get a sense of De La Beckwith being on the wrong side of history - he starts off by complaining about Evers being on television, and ends by complaining again that Evers is still more well known than him. Television was bringing Civil Rights into people's consciousness, and helping to lead to change. You can turn it off, as he says, but you can't stop it. Even though Welty is writing just after this happens, (and is a white southerner herself,) she senses this<br /><br />One little note: the introduction you refer to is from a collection of writing about the sixties that this is taken from. When it first appeared in the New Yorker, this wasn't there - the events were so recent and present that readers would know what she was talking about even with the use of different names.Prof. T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00284898866409356025noreply@blogger.com