Lyle and Jo’s relationship appears to be wobbly as a walking baby. Although relationships have their ups and downs, I feel Lyle has created a barrier of persistent lies, distrusts, and his abilities to manipulate all boundaries. Lyle’s business is struggling to survive. He tells his wife that he wants to expand to other locations. Does this sound reasonable? A logical business person would suggest to cut cost or close the business down not to branch out as Lyle tells Jo. His whole rationale makes me believe he is hypocrite. …show more content…
But I think Parnell is also having some suspicions over his best buddy Lyle. Despite Parnell is a white person, he has been fighting long and hard for the black communities. I think Parnell’s goal for asking those tough questions was to get to the truth. Who was responsible for Richard’s death? As for Lyle’s claims he has “nothing against colored folks” are absolutely untrue. He is a racist against people of color. Lyle says, “has niggers suddenly got to be holy in this town” (14). What malicious way of referencing a human