Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the
Based on the dialogue between Turner and his father.
Buckminster Boy.
what conclusion can be drawn about Reverend
"May I ask why? Or is this something else that wasn't
Buckminster?
intended to embarrass the new minister?"
O He believes that his son cannot be trusted.
"Because I wanted to know if it was true.
© He cares greatly about the opinions of others.
"If what was true?"
O He feels that Lizzie a will be a bad influence.
"If Lizzie was lying to me. If all she wanted to do was to
O He dislikes everyone living on Malaga Island.
get me on her side So she wouldn't have to leave the
island."
Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's
true. It matters what people think. It matters that my
congregation can tell me what to think when my son
goes out to visit a Negro girl on
Malaga Island. It doesn't
matter at all how she got you out there."