Book Review 2-5

"Chamber"

In Mississippi, 1967, an African-American civil-righter and his two sons were killed by a bombing incident. The incident was caused by a man named Sam Cayhalll, who is a member of Ku Klux Klan. Police arrested Cayhall and court gave him a death punishment after two acquittals. Thirty years later, as the date of execution was decided, a young lawyer came forward to plead for Cayhall. The lawyer is Adam Hall, the grandson of Sam Cayhall. Hall asserted stalwartly that a commission made Cayhall to kill the civil-righter and there is another man who helped Cayhall’s crime. However, Cayhall didn’t sigh the conference minutes because he wanted to screen his old friend’s charge.
Hall’s aunt, Raleigh Wedge, is a star at social intercourse. She was hiding that she is blood daughter of Sam Cayhall for her success, but a press person unmasked her real identity. Then Wedge became an alcohol addict because she lost her fame because of her father. Few weeks later, Hall asked Wedge for help to save Cayhall from execution. She didn’t accept that offer at first, but finally she and her father were reconciled.
At the day of execution, Cayhall finally signed the conference minutes and Hall tried to appeal a case, however, governor of Tennessee State didn’t try to accept the minutes. Then, the execution was punished offenders bloodily.
This novel was written based on a movie. In the movie, Gene Hackman played Sam Cayhall. Hackman also acted in a film which has almost same theme named “Mississippi Burning”. Both of them have a serious story about racism in America. I hope you would what those movies and think about color discrimination in this world.