He is an honest and noble gentleman who is misrepresented because of his gullibility in the play. ... People who use this as an argument really have no case. I really don't understand how people could have considered this play-write to have been racist. ... Then there's the completely faulty argument that these people with no case use with the ending. These people have no case. ...
Stating that Red Sam is a good man reveals that the old lady defines a "good man" as one who is gullible, easy to be manipulated, and refuses to say no and stand up for himself. ... I know you come from nice people!... Exposing herself as judgmental, the old lady claims, "People are certainly not nice like they used to be....
Whatever the reason, society has a certain mold that "good " people fit into. "Good " and "Bad " people do share similar qualities though. ... The Grandmother's morals are old fashioned and she longs for the times when people were more trustworthy and nice: "People are certainly not nice like they used to be. " Red Sam's story about the men stealing gas shows how trusting, or even gullible, he is but the Grandmother still deems him a "Good Man. " Her sense of judgment must be a little off considering the fact that Red Sam seems mean to his wife, ("Red Sam came in and told his wife to...
This type of evil directed against an innocent being forces people to confront the reality that evil lies within them. ... Despite the realization that evil can come from within, many people perceive evil as coming from outside. ... In the New Testament and in pagan texts, however, it is daimonia that enter into people causing illness (Luck 1985, 164). ...
