Tommy And Corey's Struggle In The Mountain Community

The mountain community is very traditional when it comes to elders in the community. This is seen through Mrs. Taylor, Lace’s parents, Uncleome though. He also has a connection growing up in the mountains but feels work would come easier somewhere else. He likely resents the land for allowing itself to fall and become destructed because it is forcing him to have to leave. The younger boys seem to like the land. Tommy and Corey like being able to play and run around in the creek, Corey sees the creek as a way to gain what he wants and has been able to use it to start some kind of plan. Tommy and Corey have many memories running around the mountain and will one day connect the memories of the creek to their child innocence. Dane is older though …show more content…
She does not like the idea of the land dying with her though leaving behind her neighbors who she Mogey and Aunt Mary. Also every person regardless of age is worried about the destruction of their home. There is a major connotation with the mining companies and the mountain top removal taking place. “Mrs. Taylor is saying, ‘Yeah, they wanna drive every last soul out of southern West Virginia, then the governor and them can just sit in Charleston and count their money”(69). “At first, I’d roll towards her as she told me, I’d raise up a little so I could see her, while she told of overloaded coal truck wrecks- ‘they couldn’t even tell them three kids apart, mangled up bad as they were’- fly rock crashing into people’s houses, chemical leaks inn sediment ponds. Drowning in the flash floods, people breathing cancer causing dust” (83). The mountaintop removal is the causative agent for challenges faced by they community. It is causing a removal and loss of jobs and homes. The land changes is also negatively impacted the geography. It causes a major flood they ruined yards and homes. In the past the community was more conservative but as time continued people moved away from going to