Louisa, a lovely African Amercian young lady loves and is loved by both Tom Burwell, a huge bad black man, and Bob Stone, white son of the family Louisa works for. Toomer shows us the thoughts of both men and Louisa but there is much confusion in the thoughts of all. In the end, after Tom has killed Bob, and the mob burns Burwell alive, Louisa is left alone in the world. More than likely, she is now unemployed and probably rejected by the factory town as well. The full moon is shown as a bad omen and the whole setting reminds the audience of the times, probably around the early 1900s since "high powered cars" were used in searching out Burwell. The story is tragic, the imagery powerful, and the action intense and quick.
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Posted by JohnHaddad at March 31, 2005 03:14 PM | TrackBackShe is left alone and it kind of depresses me. The girl just wanted to be loved and the story even starts out saying that she was trying to decide who to spend the rest of her life with. It is interesting that fate decided to leave her with nothing. I feel bad for her but at the same time it serves her right for thinking she could have her cake and eat it too!