The answer is he wanted to protect his respondents. He was a graduate student at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was doing a participant observation of restaurant workers. He lost his job as a waiter when the restaurant where he was working burned down—a fire of “suspicious origin,” according to the police. When detectives learned that Brajuha had taken field notes, they requested to see them. Because he had sworn to keep the information confidential, Brajuha declined to hand them over. The district attorney then subpoenaed the notes. Brajuha still refused. The district attorney then blackmailed Brajuha to put in jail. By this time, Brajuha’s notes had become rather renowned, and unsavory characters—those who had set the fire—also desired to know what was in them. They, too, commanded to see them, associated their demands with threats of a different nature. Brajuha found himself between a rock and a hard place. For two years, Brajuha refused to hand over his notes, even though he grew nervous and had to appear at several court hearings. Finally, the district attorney dropped the subpoena because the two men died during investigation. The threats to Brajuha, his wife, and their children ended.
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario Henry is demonstrating Empathy for his friend Jay. The term empathy refers to the ability to understand and share the feelings of another individual. Since Henry has been in the same situation that Jay is in now, he knows exactly how Jay is feeling, therefore he has Empathy for Jay.
Hyperpluralists are groups that government wasn’t able to
take their hands on as they find it difficult to handle. This group has the
belief of the dominant players in American politics are in groups and these is
affected with how they see or perceive things.
