1. After pages 3-4

    "This is not a movie about bars and locked doors. It is about being alone when you are not really alone and about being scared all the time." (Pages 3-4)

  He is not talking about prision. He is talking about himself on trail. He feels alone but is surronded by people. i feel like that in a class with no friends.

2. On page 19

"I didn't say it was bad, but wasn't it predictable? You need to predict without predicting. You know what I men? When you make a film, you leave an impression on the viewers who serve as a kind of jury for your film. If youmake your film predictable, they'll make up their minds about it long before it's over."

i know what he means if you go to a movie and you can guess the ending. It must not be a good movie.  like if some one tells you the end of a movie it ruins it.

3. On page 21

    "Most people in our communities are decent, hardworking citizens who pursue their own interests legally and without infringing on the rights of others. But there are also monsters in our communitites--people who are willing to steal and to kill, people who disregard the rights of others."

some people steal and i think those people should be put away or put down. some people kill and i think they should be put down. because if people cant provide for themselves and dont try they cant go take it from someone who has worked as hard as they can to get it.

4.  on page 26

    "...the laws also protect the accused, and that is the wonder and beauty of the American system of justice. ...We apply the law equally to both sides. The law that protects society all of society.

when people get arrested the law works against and for the person. like someone on trial for murder is bad because they killed someone. They also could be helped if the person attacked them.

5. On page 46

    "I hate this place. I hate this place. I can't writ it enough times to make it look the way I feel. I hate, hate, hate this place!!

like when i am on the bus in the winter. i hate it because it gets really hot and i get overheated.

 6.on page 59

    "It's funny, but when I'm sitting in the courtroom, I don't feel like I'm involved in the case. It's like the lawyers and the judge and everybody are doing a job that involves me, but I don't have a role. It's only when I go back to the cells that I know I'm involved."

 he is the main part of the case but he doesnt participate because when he tries to talk they just ignore him or tell him that he doesnt know anything about how the jury works.

7. On page 78-79

    "Half of those jurors, no matter what they said when we questioned them when we picked the jury, believed you were guilty the moment they laid eyes on you. You're young, you're Black, and you're on trial. What else do they need to know?"

 it means that people think that most black teenagers are bad and do crimes.

8. On page 89

    " 'All they can do is put me in jail,' he said. 'They can't touch my soul.' "

 they can put him in jail or kill him and he will still be free.

9. On page 91

    "I think about myself so much, about what's going to happen to me and all, that I don't think about my folks that much. I know Mama loves me, but I wonder what she's thinking."

he doesnt know if his mom thinks he is innoscent or if he is guilty.

10. On pages 115-116

    "Seeing my dad cry like that was just so terrible. What was going on between us, me being his son and him being my dad, is pushed down and something else is moving up in its place. It's like a man looking down to see his son and seeing a monster instead."

he is wondering what his dad is thinking of him. he doesnt know if his dad thinks he is innoscent or guilty.

11. On page 140

    "What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt. . . Sunset said he committed the crime, Isn't that what being guilty is all about? You actually do something?"

he didnt do anything and the police are pining the blame on him.

12. On page 237

    " His film footage shows me what he's seeing and, to a large extent, what he's thinking. And what he sees, the humanity of it, speaks of a very deep character...

It is my belief that to make an honest film, one has to be an honest person."

he is an honest person and they believe that

13. on page 261

"They are all equally guilty. The one who grabbed the cigarettes, the one who wrestled for the gun, the one who checked the place to see if the coast was clear."

thay all did the crime and they all have to pay.