This quote is from Lester in a conversation with his friends, summing up the people of Linden Hills, of which he begrudgingly is one of. ... While discussing a possible housing project near Linden Hills, the unfavorable comments coming from everyone seem to represent a great deal of discrimination towards their own race. ... As the reader learns though, Reverend Holllis has lost just about everything important to him. ... (Naylor 277) This line from one of Willie's poems about Nedeed's wife is representative of generations of Mrs. ... It is through Willa's imprisonment in th...

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