"Mama Made The Difference" Post 3

5 Things I understand:
-T.D.Jakes lets many different people tell their story in the book.
-This next section basically lets a substiute teacher of him tell her story about her life experiences.
-The substitute basically explains how she wants her son to be proud of her.
-I notice that he has a strong admiration to strong African American leaders.
-His mother seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and thinks very highly of her son; T.D. Jakes.

4 Questions:
-If he lets others tell their stories, why is the book really only thanking his mother?
-Why does Jakes's opinion of his mother so important to her?
-Did he ever feel overwhelmed when he was expected to not make any mistakes?
-Were mistakes made seen as a sin or just as a mistake?

3 Words:
-Magnetometers (Jakes 109): an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, esp. the earth's magnetic field.
-Implement (Jakes 110): an article of equipment, as household furniture, clothing.
-Impoverish (Jakes 110): reduced to poverty.

2 Literary Devices:
- Personification: "She was born and raised amid the balmy breezes and laid-back cultue of Jamaica" (Jakes 111).
- Simile: "I hae a sister, but being a man with a sister may not be as challenging as being a woman with one" (Jakes 131).

1 Summary Sentence: These next couple of sections he lets other people tel their stories about their connection of effect they had on their as well as their own life.