Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Theme
I believe that in "A Gathering of Old Men", the most prominent theme is that of Change. Throughout the book characters discuss what would and has happen. They talk of things of the past, and expect those things to stay constant, only to be proven wrong. They all talk of past grievances and misdeeds done to them. Everyone, including Fix, expects fix to go down to Marshall with a mob to kill the person who murdered his son. Instead, he stays home for the sake of his other son. The people in this book dwell on the racist past, but the past changed.
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I disagree with your claim that the theme of "Gathering Of Old Men" is change. I think that change can be related to the theme; however, maybe in a different way then you claim. You're right that throughout the book they discuss what would and has happened but to me, this shows that things haven't changed and that is the reason why the African Americans feel they need to take control in whatever way they can. When the civil rights was passed they were guaranteed rights, but the racism was still so bad that they weren't given what they were promised. This shows that not much has changed for the African Americans so to me, the theme would not be change.
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