Historical Setting and Theme in The Land Answers

Which is a minor theme in The Land?

Given the historical context of The Land, how is the way Robert behaves toward Paul surprising?

Read this excerpt from The Land."I hate folks thinking of me as white and you colored," he went on. "Wish folks thought of us as the same.""Which the same?" I questioned. "White or colored?""Don't matter to me," said Robert without hesitation, "long as we were the same.""I figure it'd matter you had to live colored awhile."Robert was silent to that, then reluctantly agreed. "Maybe so . . . but I'll tell you something, Paul. You don't feel no different to me than Hammond or George. I hate folks saying that word 'half' brother. How can you be 'half' of a brother? Either you're brothers or you're not.""Well," I decided, "that's just the way things are."

Read this excerpt from The Land.My daddy often took me hunting. Sometimes we all went, my daddy and my brothers and me, though Hammond and George often went hunting on their own. There were times too when my daddy took just Robert and me. But the times that were most special were when it was only my daddy and me on a hunt. At those times I had my daddy all to myself, and I cherished that. I learned many things from my daddy, and when I was a small boy, there seemed no one like him to me. I'm not ashamed to admit it. In those early days I adored my daddy.

Which is a major theme from The Land?

When a reader summarizes a theme, the reader should

Read this excerpt from The Land."I hate folks thinking of me as white and you colored," he went on. "Wish folks thought of us as the same.""Which the same?" I questioned. "White or colored?""Don't matter to me," said Robert without hesitation, "long as we were the same.""I figure it'd matter you had to live colored awhile."Robert was silent to that, then reluctantly agreed. "Maybe so . . . but I'll tell you something, Paul. You don't feel no different to me than Hammond or George. I hate folks saying that word 'half' brother. How can you be 'half' of a brother? Either you're brothers or you're not."

Which question is addressed by a major theme in The Land?

Read the excerpts from The Land.When I asked my mama why Cassie and I couldn't call our daddy the same as Robert and George and Hammond, she said simply, "They're white and you're not, and their mama was his legal wife.". . .His name was Kanati; means the lucky hunter. My daddy said he left with some of his people headed west into Alabama or Mississippi before the soldiers made them go. From what my daddy told me, Kanati knew they'd be made to go because folks like my daddy and others wanted the Nation's land, and there was nothing to be done about that.