Ernest Gaines tells the story from so many perspectives so that the reader can see the similarities and differences in each character's viewpoint. The reader is put into each character's shoes so that he can experience the vastly different feelings, personalities, and opinions of each and every character regarding this controversial event. Each character's viewpoint represents their reactions and their assumptions made according to what they saw and heard. Each character's feelings directly relate to their personality. Each voice was very distinctive in that every character had a mind of their own as to what they thought, believed, and felt. The main message was that each black character feared for their life, but believed they were all standing up for a much better cause, the pride of the black race. Each white character, except for Sheriff Mapes and Gil, was blood thirsty in wanting to kill the "niggers". Sheriff Mapes seemed as though he was on both sides of the fight, acting as a mediator. .
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The women clean the fish, make dinner, and clean the house. They do not act as couples at all, as most of the men didn't even tell their wives where they were going even though it may be the last time they will ever see them again. The women seem to just be there for the men's needs.
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.
A Gathering of Old Men A Gathering of Old Men, by Ernest J. ... He has been killed in the yard of an old, black worker, named "Mathu". ... Mapes, is a white sheriff who traditionally deals with the black people by the use of intimidation and force, finds himself in a frustrating situation of having to deal with a group of old black men, each carrying a shotgun and each claiming that he shot Beau Boutan. ...
Gaines sets his book, A Gathering of Old Men, in the 70's on the sugarcane plantations of Louisiana. ... This story revolves around a young white woman, Candy, several older black men and the death of a Cajun, Beau, to whom they all confess to killing. ... The gathering of the men showed strength and determination to stand up finally after a lifetime of submission and suppression. ... They were able to bridge the gap between the ways of the old South to the ways of the new South. They do this by not backing down to Luke Will and his men and fighting for a voice and their freedom. ...
A Gathering of Old Men 1. ... The old men lingered at the graveyard so everyone could meet there. ... The cemetery represents a safe haven for all the old men. ... The only thing that Mapes is guilty of is hitting the old men. ... It's a fight between Luke Will, his boys, and all the old men. ...
A Gathering of Old Men 1. ... The old men lingered at the graveyard so everyone could meet there. ... The cemetery represents a safe haven for all the old men. ... The only thing that Mapes is guilty of is hitting the old men. ... It's a fight between Luke Will, his boys, and all the old men. ...
In the novel A Gathering of Old Men, Ernest J. ... The story illustrates two worlds, the inner world is the life in Marshall Quarters, the old black men and their family; the outer world being everything outside the Quarters, Fix, the Cajuns, and even the white people. ... Each of the old men tells a story of pain due to oppression by the white man. ... Candy refers to the old black men as her people, "I will protect my people" (19). ... When the black men narrate they speak with bad English, for example, Chimley says "Now, I ain't even stepped in the house 'fore that old woman st...
Gathering Blue Essay- by Lois Lowry The book I read was called Gathering Blue. ... What she says goes basically cause everyone fears her, even men. ... As they got older, people would add a syllable to their names. ... Annabella was a white haired old woman and she was very smart. Then there was Jo, she was a small, young tyke as they explained it, and she was to be the next singer of their village when she got older. ...
When he was seventeen years old he broke his apprenticeship agreement with his brother and ran away (Eberle 19-25). ... Ben addressed the sayings to young men who were poor, much like he had been. ... He had previously organized a club of young men called the Junto. They met once a week to discuss papers that the men had prepared on something that they had a genuine interest in (Fleming 28-29). ... In London, during the years just before the American Revolution, Franklin was busy gathering support for the colonies through the British press (Donovan 101). ...
12 Angry Men Paper The jury member I chose to do my paper on was Mr. ... Davis used was gathering information. ... Davis was a leader was when the group was discussing evidence, like the knife and the old man's testimony. ... Davis used task messages such as initiating and gathering information, making him effective as a communicator. ...
In the book A Gathering of Old Men, a perfect example of somebody snapping is a fifty-year-old man named Charlie. ... All my natural-born black life I took the busing and never hit back,"(A Gathering of Old Men 189) meaning that 50 years of being maltreated provoked him to shoot Beau. ... (A Gathering of Old Men 190) Charlie always mentioning that he's a man, tells Mapes that "you don't talk to a man like that sheriff, not when he reach half hundred." ... Chimley said (Gathering of Old Men 31). ... Advice on how to be a man and men don't run. ...
