In the prologue to Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, Jennifer was at her daughters' soccer game while her husband and his son were absent. connection. While she was at the game, Ronald and his daughter Raven showed up to watch Brittany's game and hang out with Jennifer. Say no to plagiarism. Get a custom essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”?Get the original essayIn the first chapter, Jennifer and Paul, her boyfriend at the time, had just returned from Paul's friends' party where Jennifer had started to get a headache behind her eyes. Since she wasn't feeling well, Paul brought her a glass of water and some aspirin and rubbed her back until she fell asleep. Paul slipped away while Jennifer slept. A few hours after leaving, Jennifer woke up to the sound of footsteps. She looked around and saw nothing so she went back to sleep. Then she felt something looking at her arm. She covered her head then looked next to her nightstand and saw the top of someone's head. She asked who was there. A man then got up, sat on his legs and held a knife to his neck. She was then raped at knifepoint. In the second chapter, Jennifer left her apartment in Burlington and went to live with her mother at Grandfather Mountain for a while. It was three days after her rape that Burlington police called for Jennifer to come see some photos. Detective Gauldin submitted six photos of black men. “The images were dealt like cards: six on top and six on the bottom.” Jennifer was told to take her time and study each photo carefully. She was able to choose who she thought was her rapist. Eleven days after her attack, Jennifer was called to make an identification. There were seven guys lined up in front of her. She was told that her rapist may or may not have been one of them. They did an identification, and then she was able to identify number five as her rapist. Then Detective Gauldin told her it was the same man she had picked out in the photos. Throughout the process, I wondered why she was lying there while her rapist was sitting on top of her. Why didn't she fight back? Why didn't she go get help sooner? I also don't understand why Paul asked her if she liked being raped. Why would anyone want to be raped? It's all just a terrifying process. I don't know how she could stay so calm. I would be terrified if this had happened to me.Keep in mind: this is just a sample.Get a custom paper now from our expert writers.Get a custom essaySo far, I really like this book. It's interesting and makes you want to read more when you put it down. I also came to the conclusion that Paul is an asshole. He is rude and complicit.