A Summer Tragedy

A Summer Tragedy is a story about an elderly couple going throughout their day as if it were any other day, however it would be their last day. The couple certainly seemed very calm considering the turn that their lives was about to take. A Summer Tragedy exhibits the true meaning of hopelessness; and how one couple handles the situation that has confronted them.
Jeff and Jennie were an elderly couple, age had taken over their bodies, leaving them unable to do a lot of things anymore. They worked for a white man they called old man Stevenson. They had been living on their farmland for at least 45 years. Jeff was a share farmer and seemed to adore his job and place in the world. They were very simple people, living a very simple farm life. Their debt to old man Stevenson had been building up, and Stevenson did not take to that well. As many farmers do, they reli



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Jeff and Jennie decided to take their own lives. In their minds, this was the only way out. They could think of no other way to relieve the situation that they were in. They felt as though they had no more reason to live. After all they were both too old to start over again. All of their children had since passed away. There was no way that they could ever repay their debt to old man Stevenson. This feeling of hopelessness led them to suicide. Back in those days, I don’t think that black people had many options, and I don’t blame them for feeling so hopeless. The hopelessness that they felt must have felt like the end of the world anyway, so why not end it all and get it over with. A Summer Tragedy exhibits the true meaning of hopelessness; feeling as if you are in a bad enough situation that you have to take such drastic measures.

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Some topics in this essay:
Mind, Thought, Meaning Of Life, Jeff, Whipped!, Old Age, A Story, Cognition, Decision Making, Stevenson,

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