Blog Post: Jarvis' Change

Though I like how Jarvis' point of view about the natives shifts after his son's death, I feel like some of it was out of spite. In his son's writing, he talks about how his father is ignorant on the matters of the unfair treatment of the natives. After he reads this, he decides to become more like his son and educate himself and believe in the rights the natives should have. This makes me believe that part of the reason James wants to help the people who are discriminated against just to prove his son wrong. Another aspect might be that James feels guilty for not supporting his son while he was alive, thus showing interest in what he was interested in in order to feel closer to him.