Boy Willie's Analysis

Death is a force that should not be feared. For example Boy Willie says the following, “I got the power of death too. I can command him. I can call him up. The white man don’t like to see that. He don’t like for you to stand up and look him square in the eye and say, “I got it too.” Then he got to deal with you square up” (Wilson 88). Boy Willie describes death as a sort of weapon. A weapon that can be used against or by someone. When someone is able to look death in the eyes without fear then they are able to transcend to another level of life: a level of life where someone can live without fear. In a like manner, Boy Willie explains, “Everybody say the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog pushed him [Sutter]” (Wilson 5). In Sutter’s battle with the dead