Chapter 8 & 9

 Chapter 8 - Quotation 1 - Page 66 Paragraph 1

"“Any advice?” I asked him. “It doesn’t matter anymore,” he said. “Just do the best you can. But it won’t matter.”"

Question 1- Does the quotation indicate a conflict? If so, what conflict?

This quotation does indicate a conflict. The conflict is between Grant and his old school teacher Matthew Antoine. Even though Grant thought as a teacher he could change things for the better for the next generation through his teaching, Matthew Antoine disagreed. Matthew Antoine believed no matter what Grant did or how hard he tried, his best efforts would eventually fail. 

Chapter 9 - Quotation 1 - Page 71 Paragraph 3

"The cell was roughly six by ten, with a metal bunk covered by a thin mattress and a woolen army blanket; a toilet without seat or toilet paper; a washbowl, brownish from residue and grime; a small metal shelf upon which was a pan, a tin cup, and a tablespoon. A single light bulb hung over the center of the cell, and at the end opposite the door was a barred window, which looked out onto a sycamore tree behind the courthouse. I could see the sunlight on the upper leaves. But the window was too high