We reviewed the role of cultural heroes in the context of the novel. I explained how the narrator as a university student discovered that White society has cultural heroes , and why the African-American community likewise has its public image carved by cultural heroes . As the narrator has pictures in his room of Booker T Washington and Frederick Douglass , I explained their role in history, and we discussed how the narrator urges the condemned ,Jefferson ,to be a hero to the Black community by dying with human dignity . We also explored the role of religion in the novel as a means of comfort to the condemned and inquired which might be a stronger influence on the attitude of the condemned ,Jefferson- the possibility of becoming a cultural hero or the possibility of reaching a heaven promised by religious belief. For homework, I assigned reading the next two chapters and addressing some study guide questions.