![]() ![]() ![]() He points out to Harold that someday he will have to get along with all kinds of people - something which older people are not able to do at present. At lunch, when Harry and his son are alone, he lectures him about using the word "nigger." Harry realizes that things in the South will not remain the same, and it is this that he tries to explain to his son. Harry is very much aware of group pressure, although he may not agree with their attitudes, and he is not willing to oppose his friends on matters of race. ![]() When Mister Leland (Harold) refers to Tucker as a "good nigger," Harry, who is trying to "raise the boy right," does not reprimand his son immediately because Harry is in the company of Thomason. His son, who sees things as either right or wrong, understands his father and decides that the responsibilities of a man are larger and worse than those of a boy. He sees his mistakes but is unable to correct them. His shirking of responsibility continues throughout the chapter. Marge Leland, his wife, has told him to visit the ailing Miss Rickett, but Harry does not go he sends his son instead. Harry, we learn, is a principled man but, like everyone, has his weaknesses. In this third chapter, the reader is introduced to Harry Leland and is given the first hint that this particular day is going to be different from most. ![]()
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