Across A Hundred Mountains Summary

My overall opinion of the story is that it was a very interesting piece on racial inequality, economic oppression, and naturalism. The main character Dave faces all some of the issues stated and deals with them in his own way. He felt powerless in his life, where as an indentured servant working in the fields, he had to be ridiculed by not only his master, but other people and his own parents. He buys a gun to be manlier and have more control over the people round him. This is a power he isn’t ready for and he ends up “accidently” shooting one of the mules. In a sense this mule is himself, as he mentions once in the story, so in a way I feel as though he meant to do that. He ends up being forced to take on more responsibility, but ultimately