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In the Heat of the Night EssayFor my essay I have elect to write about the topic about Tibbs and Gillespie understanding and respecting each other. In the beginning of this story Gillespie thought of Virgil as he would of thought of all other Negro, but soon he found out he was equipment casualty, Virgil was a very gifted detective with lots of skills. When Tibbs was first interpreted in to see Gillespie, Gillespie was yelling and screaming at Tibbs for no tenableness but Virgil did not break down to the harassment and proved Gillespie wrong by video display him his ID card that proved he was a cop. I calculate that Virgil earned a little respect from Gillespie their by showing him that he was calm and mature. As the story unfolded Gillespie saw to a greater extent and more of Virgil&8217s good qualities. Gillespie saw that Virgil was calm, educated, smart, payed attention to detail, and was qualified for his job. Every meter that Gillespie would arrest some ane Virgil proved them innocent, when Oberst was arrested Virgil proved Gillespie wrong by proving to him that Oberst was not the murderer. When Gillespie arrested Sam Wood Virgil also proved him innocent. Even though Gillespie didn&8217t like to be proven wrong by anyone (none less(prenominal) a Negro) he respected Virgil for his great detective work. At one point in the novel Gillespie and Tibbs shake hands and I think that was the high point of this mutual respect. Virgil didn&8217t respect Gillespie that much in the beginning and most of the middle of this story but in the completion Virgil respected Gillespie. I think it was good that Virgil did not respect Gillespie because Gillespie was utilize Virgil for his scapegoat. At the end of this story Gillespie finally showed everyone that he respected Tibbs by telling every one the truth about the murder investigation, and give most of the credit to Virgil.