Meridian Lesson Plan

After Camara's death, a grieving Lynne briefly returns to the South. She reflects on her interactions with the Jewish family who ran the deli in town. What were her experiences with them like? What happened to them?

The Jewish family who ran the deli in town always treated her unkindly due to her relationship with Truman and other black people. We learn that there would be a sharp intake of breaths when Lynne walked in and that they would practically throw her order at her across the counter. The treatment she received became even worse when she was pregnant. Her experience with the family helped to make her resentful of her religion and ethnicity—she laughed when the...