How Did Missy Mae Sleep With Otis Slemmons?
1. Why did Missy Mae sleep with Otis Slemmons? Was it necessary?
- Missy Mae sleeps with Otis because he promised her gold coins. She did it so she can provide a better life for her and her husband. Unfortunately for her it was completely unnecessary. As long as he had her her husband did not care about money; he loved their life together.
2. Explain: "The yellow coin in his trouser was like a monster hiding in the cave of his pockets to destroy her".
- Her husband carried those coins in his pocket in order to remind him of her infidelity. They may not have lived like husband and wife but he did not leave her yet. The coins signify her sin and the fact that at any given moment he could leave her was the "monster waiting to attack."
- Missy Mae sleeps with Otis because he promised her gold coins. She did it so she can provide a better life for her and her husband. Unfortunately for her it was completely unnecessary. As long as he had her her husband did not care about money; he loved their life together.
2. Explain: "The yellow coin in his trouser was like a monster hiding in the cave of his pockets to destroy her".
- Her husband carried those coins in his pocket in order to remind him of her infidelity. They may not have lived like husband and wife but he did not leave her yet. The coins signify her sin and the fact that at any given moment he could leave her was the "monster waiting to attack."