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After I had knelt down and prayed over my own family plot, I wandered over to where dirty Red was standing all by himself. He was eating a pecan and looking down at the weeds that covered the graves. […]
"My brother Gabe there," Dirty Red said. I didn't know for sure what spot he was looking at, because soon as he said he cracked another pecan with his teeth. […] My mon, Jude; my pa, Francois, right there," he said. I still didn't know for sure where he was looking. "Uncle Ned right in there—somewhere," he said.
The whole place was sunked in, and you had weeds everywhere, so I couldn't tell for sure where Dirty Red was looking. (6.23-5)
Throughout his novel, Gaines seems to be telling us a lot about the connection that Marshall's Black community has with the land. How would you describe that connection?