2. The role played by the black women in the novel is that of a servant to their

husband. They have some say, but the men disregard them and treat them as slaves.

with the confrontation because if he couldn’t fight himself, he might as well get someone to do it for him. This confrontation was ultimately unavoidable because Luke Will and his boys liked giving trouble to the blacks. No killings had taken place in Marshall in a long time. It was certain that these bloodthirsty hounds would retaliate.

3. All of the men come together at the bidding of a white woman because she is on their side. Candy refers to the black people as ‘my people’, and says that she can’t let Fix harm them. Consequently, they respect her. They believe that by sticking together as a unit, they have a much better chance of surviving themselves, and as a black race. They are all confident that Mathu killed Beau and that Candy was just trying to cover up for him, when really it was Mathu covering up for Charlie.

9. Fix Boutan allowed Gil to talk him out of retaliating directly for Beau’s death because he respected Gil as a man. But, I also think that he realized he was an old man, and going to fight without his boys was like going to war without guns. He

Lou Dimes should have acted as a mediator and listened to everyone’s side of the story. He got himself into this position by acting as though he was useful in determining who was the killer. Lou proved loyal to Candy and none of what happened was Lou's fault.

wasn’t on Luke Will’s side but he couldn’t choose to be on the black people’s side for obvious reasons. So, he remained neutral, just as he was throughout the whole incident. He was a mediator when it began and he was going to be a mediator when it ended.

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