1. HAP
1.1. MULE
1.1.1. FOR ONE POINT IN THE STORY HAP IS FORCED TO TAKE THE MULE FROM HENRY SO THAT HE COULD TRND TO HIS CROP.
1.2. RACISM
2. RONSEL
2.1. RESL’S LETTER AND PICTURE
2.1.1. RONSEL FINDS AND READ RESL’S LETTER WHEN HE IS WITH JAMIE SECRETLY AND FUNDS OUT HE IS THE FATHER OF HER CHILD
2.1.1.1. “MY RESL. MY SON, A SON, I HAVE A SON”
2.2. Racism
2.2.1. RONSEL IS FORCED TO LEAVE OUT OF THE BACK DOOR WHEN HE FIRST CAME HOME AFTER SERVING THE COUNTRY
3. LAURA
3.1. GENDER ROLES AND DIFFERENCES
3.1.1. LAURA IS FIRCED INSIDE FOR CLEANING AND COOKING SND FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS OF PAPPY AND HENRY
3.1.1.1. “GO FETCH ME SOME WAYER GIRL”
3.2. THE SHOWER JAMIE BUILDS
3.2.1. WHEN JAMIE BUILT THE SHOWER STALL FIR HER SHE WAS HAPPY BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY ONE NOTICING HER WHEN NO ONE ELSE DID
3.2.1.1. “I FELT AS IF I HAD BEEN MADE NEW WHEN I USED THE LAVENDER SOAP JAMIE GAVE ME”
3.3. SECRETS
4. STORM
5. HENRY
5.1. LASTING EFFECTS OF WAR ON SOLDIERS
5.1.1. RACISM
5.1.1.1. HENRY IN THE BEGINNING IF THE BOOK WHILE BERRYING PAPPY SAID THAT HIS DAD CANT BE IN THE SAME GRAVE AS A N WORD
5.1.1.1.1. “WE CANT BURY OUR FATHER IN A N***** GRAVE”
6. JAMIE
6.1. CIGARETTES
6.2. LASTING EFFECTS OF WAR ON SOLDIERS
6.2.1. JAMIE AND HENRY BOTH SUFFER FROM PTSD FROM TRAUMATIC EVENTS IN THE WAR. WHEN JAMIE GETS BACK FRIM THE WAR HE DROWNS HIMSELF IN ALCOHOL AND DRIVES DRUNK TO EASE THE PAIN (ALSO HIT A COW)
6.2.1.1. “DRIVING DRUNK. HE HIT A COW”
6.3. SECRETS
6.3.1. AFTER JAMIE AND LAURA HAD SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS THEY BOTH HAD TRIED TO HIDE IT FROM EVERYONE EVEN THOUGH THEY BOTH LOVED EACH OTHER
6.3.1.1. “I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY BROTHER IN LAW THE WAY YOU FALL ASKEEP IN GHE CAR WHEN SOMEONE YOU TRUST IS DRIVING”
7. FLORENCE
7.1. GENDER ROLES AND DIFFERENCES
7.1.1. RACISM