2. The role of the black women played in this novel, for the most part, was to not fight Luke Will and his gang, but Candy was different. She wanted to stand up to Mapes and the others. The men do not listen to the women who do not want to fight. They’re going to stand up to Mapes, Luke Will, and the others. The black men want to put an end to the white peoples reign over the blacks.

3. The old men gathered together at a white woman’s bidding because Miss Merle had raised her (Candy) in their community. She is looked at differently then the other white women in the surrounding area. Thei

9. Fix allows Gil to talk him out of it because he is too old to be retaliating against Mathu and the old men. Fix doesn’t have a hand in the confrontation because he never gave Luke Will the word to go to Marshall. Yes, the confrontation was unavoidable. Luke Will was going to go to Marshall from the beginning.

8. Yes, Gaines does instill a kind of hope in the readers’ mind. Little by little the old men start to stick up for themselves against the whites. They are tired of being pushed around. The ending was hopeful, in my opinion. The decision by the judge was fair on both sides.

r assumption is that Candy shot Beau. After Candy tells what happens, the old men believe that Beau got what he deserved.

4. Mat is saying that he is confident in his beliefs, but he is shocked to hear that a kind soul like Candy would kill another being. Only God would give her a sign to do such a thing.

6. The right thing for Candy to do is stick up for her black godfather. She got herself into this position by admitting to Mapes that sh

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