The Glory Field Analysis

In the book, The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses the setting to develop the theme and conflict that people will have to face challenges everyday, but the consequences you can receive can draw the line between life or death because sometimes people don’t want to see you succeed in life with joy and freedom. By showing how the entire Lewis family was thrown at slavery, a basketball star, wanting to play in college in the states, Tommy and Luvenia dealing will college problems and most importantly, many slaves want to be able to be free and not be controlled by someone else.
The author develops the theme by using the micro setting when Muhammad and Thomas showed how their family was treated throughout the generations and
For example, Luvenia, Tommy's aunt wanted to pursue her dream of going to college in Chicago during 1930 and has enough credit to get her high school diploma, but she gets stopped by Ms. Etta, " You finished the colored school and you are smart, but they don't let that many colored people in their college. They don’t want us over there" (Myers 146). This micro setting shows the conflict because segregation was a
For instance, in the prologue, Muhammad talks about his experience on a boat, "Muhammad's thoughts kept going back to the day he was captured... Muhammad remembered having his arms wrenched behind him and tied and then being put into a line with other boys his age. A rope was put around his neck and tied to a long pole"(Myers 4). This shows the conflict because slavery was set in the 1650s throughout the 1860s, Muhammad is in 1753 getting a taste of what people went through for 210 years! In addition, as the generations deal with tough challenges and obstacles, like Abby and Elijah(cousins) getting treated unworthy. When Sheriff Glover sent the two on a mission to find a lost boy for $30, the amount decreases, "Elijah, I'm letting you have half the rescue money," Sheriff Glover said as he slid over the side of the boat" (Myers 120). This represents that Whites believe that they are better than the slaves who work harder to grow crops and keep the society going, meanwhile the Whites are chilling behind collecting their hard earned cash. This shows us the conflict because people will such as whites usually will not reward slaves and as you can see slaves were in a lower class than the whites were. White people believed that they can overrule them because they are