"Mama Made The Difference" Post 5

5 Things I Understand:
-Towards the end, Jakes starts really opening up to God.
-Prayer is T.D. Jakes's way of escaping the world, and trying to connect with God.
-Jakes's mother taught him to always have high standards for himself.
-Jakes feels that he needs more trust and admiration in his wife, because he feels as if he doesn't enough.
-T.D learns that even though you may do something late, that you should always do it because it always counts.

4 Questions:
-Why do you think his mother's lessons made such an impact of who he is today?
-What is the symbolism of the poem?
-Why is there a sense of distrust in Jakes toward his wife, when he is suppose to be a Christian?
-What crowd does T.D Jakes write this book to?

3 Words:
-Ordeal (Jakes 166): any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
-Surmise (Jakes 173): to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
-Diplomat (Jakes 260): a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.

2 Literary Devices:
- Idiom: "Others call him revolutionary because of his ability to think outside of the bos" (Jakes 266).
- Metaphor: "The devil is a liar!" (Jakes 267).

1 Summary Sentence:Basically T.D. Jakes is concluding his story with the general purpose of all his mother's lesssons.