To me, the word resiliency in this context means: the ability to recover from a situation, willingness.
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Barnes, Mayor, and September should be capitalized because they are proper nouns.
Grandmother should not be capitalized in this sentence because of the "your" before it.
Revealed. Dig up. I prefer Reveal though..
The two protagonists are there to support each other and help each one succeed. Grant's story unfolds with Jefferson. The community involved in their path towards their destination is the black community and the Reverend. Grant was guided towards reconciling his insecurities regarding his race and also reconnecting to his roots, making this the first step towards his success.
Rhetorical questions add a level of cheesiness to the paper and unless you are a very good writer, and I mean college professor level, then you will most likely fail at any attempt. Also writing research papers your suppose to be telling the reader what they don't know instead of asking them what is already do know.