... the same interest and respect as the father did. One important element in this scene was when the grandmother made this remark. She was astounded that her son would be willing to take his family into such a place with possible danger and remarked with, "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a ... Georgia fast so we don't have to look at it much, John Wesley said. "If I were a little boy," said the grandmother, "I wouldn't talk about my native state that way. Tennessee has the mountains and Georgia has the hills." "Tennessee is just a hillbilly dumping ground, "John Wesley sai...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... the same interest and respect as the father did. One important element in this scene was when the grandmother made this remark. She was astounded that her son would be willing to take his family into such a place with possible danger and remarked with, "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a ... Georgia fast so we don't have to look at it much, John Wesley said. "If I were a little boy," said the grandmother, "I wouldn't talk about my native state that way. Tennessee has the mountains and Georgia has the hills." "Tennessee is just a hillbilly dumping ground, "John Wesley sai...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... and small town life lead the reader's first impression of the novel to be that of a carefree story with few real life lessons. However, as the plot develops, many complicated themes of lust, deceit, corruption, envy, anger and control unfold. The story centers on Davy, a twelve-year-old boy, and how his family deals with the revelation of crimes his Uncle ... clip into the dust not aiming toward any target? Perhaps it was seeing and hearing the disrespect his own father, (or most of the town for that matter), had towards Native Americans. Even Daisy, a woman he loved and thought of as h...

• Word Count: 1693
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School