The Cajuns farmers' changes to the way of life means the destruction of the sugar cane fields. This is turn destroys the old men's pasts. The old men's ancestors cultivated the cane fields long before any of the present ch

Besides the sugar cane fields being run over, almost were the ancestors' graves. The land is the most important part of the men's past. As Cherry said, it is "the very same land we had worked, our people had worked, our people's people had worked since the time of slavery" (43). The old men needed to fight for what was their common sanctuary: the graveyard. Johnny said he killed Beau "'cause the tractor is getting closer and closer to the graveyard, and...I was scared [that] one day the tractor was go'n...plow up them graves, getting rid of all the proof that we ever was" (92).

Just as the sugar cane fields began to disappear, so did the familiar days. The Cajun farmers' farming tactics changed as time went on. The tractor was introduced and that is what began to destroy the cane fields. This is parallel to the old men's way of life that has been destroyed by the Cajun farmers' hatred. The tractor is a symbol of the progression of ti

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Approximate Word count = 641
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)