I really enjoyed reading the short story 'dry September'. I thought it was a really

good story and it kept me wanting to keep reading it, even though it was really

racist. I know that there is a lot of racism going on in our world still, but it's so sad

and it causes so much trouble.

Mrs. Mini Cooper was just a typical town lady, but she was known for having a

wild imagination and that she fantasized and always made up little stories here

and there. One day there was a rumor that she started that a black man by the

name of Will Mayes had raped her. Everyone in the town was furious. She had

made herself out to be the poor little white girl. Everyone in the town then was

after the black man. They wanted him dead.

The entire time Mr. Hawkshaw knew that she was always making up stories and

this was probably one of them. So he kept trying to tell that to everyone but no

one wanted to believe him. They kept shutting him down every time he would

bring it up.

In the end of the story, the town ends up killing Will Mayes.

I thought that this story had a really sad ending because they killed an innocent

man, when it could have been prevented if they would have listened to Mr.

Hawkshaw.

I really don't like racism. I think its so sad to hear about how racist people were

back in the day. I don't see how people can have so much hate towards

someone just because of their color. There could be a black man just walk down

the street and automatically almost everyone who see 's him would hate him

and call him names right off the bat.