Although both Arnetta and Wash wanted segregation to end in Birmingham, they both responded differently to the march. Wash did not participate. He watched from the sidelines, amazed that the marchers would allow themselves to be arrested. Arnetta did join the march. However, unlike Wash, she was disappointed that she had not been arrested.
Wash didn't know what to do. He didn't want the students to be arrested. Arnetta on the other hand wanted to be arrested that same night but didn't. She went home instead to her parents. They both experienced the same thing but with different reactions.
