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4. When Mat tells Chimley, " He works in mysterious ways, don't He?", he is saying that God has given himself a chance to actually redeem himself for all the troubles the white people have given him, his friends, and his family. Mat's spiritual and religious soul is telling him that it is time to get even with the whites. He believes that God, who says that all men are created equal, is calling on him to act. .
5. The scene of the old men lingering in the graveyard has several important meanings. They stopped there to remember their past and all of their deceased family members. They were also there to remember that they were doing this for a good cause- to get revenge for the racial discrimination given to both them and their .
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ancestors long ago. The cemetery represents the death that they could be facing very shortly. This may be their last time visiting the deceased. And the thought that they may be buried in that same soil in a few hours also crossed their mind. .
6. In Candy's position, she was forced to practically give up her life for the sake of Mathu, a black man, and her people. She got herself into this situation by becoming so attached to Mathu, who raised her since she was a little girl. Candy proved to be loyal, and shouldn't be doing anything different. He was a like a father figure to her, and Mathu was innocent in the first place. It would be too much for her to see Mathu get taken away. Even though it was for a good cause, Candy caused everyone to meet at Mathu's house and was the cause of all this confusion.
Even though Sheriff Mapes thinks he knows who killed Beau, he didn't have conclusive evidence. He waited too long to get to Mathu's house. He gave them time to devise a plan and try to throw off the Sheriff. So, partly the confusion was his fault. Other than that, Sheriff Mapes should do just as he was doing. He was listening to everyone speak, getting every last detail in order to arrest the guilty man.
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. ...
