Harry and tobacco fields

Harry did not get to participate in pulling the worms off of tobacco plants, his mother thought he was too young. But on the days that he would work in the fields with his dad, he would ride the tractor and pull off worms that he would keep to later play with. Harry had many days that he sat under the tree with his best friend, Sam the dog and watch as his friend Willalee, Willalee's mother, and Willalee's father would work with his mother and father in the tobacco field. Some days it would think about how much fun it would be if he was out there collecting the worms. Depending on Harry's mood he would either break them in half, killing them, or keep them to play with later. Toward the end of the story, I learned that Willalee and Harry were of different color. They played together, and had fun together but Harry and his family were while, while Willalee and his family was black. I think this made an interesting aspect to these families. For some reason they allowed their children to play together and for them to work together.

I am not sure why these two families worked together, but I think it shows that it was okay. Henry and his mother and brother went to church with and Aunt and Uncle and their children. His dad did not go.

It stands out to me that here are two families that lived in the past, but for Harry it made an impact on his life, enough of one that he was used in a book talking about modern southern literature. His life growing us was significant to him, and I think he wanted to make it clear to others that all children can have a significant life no matter how their life growing up is. Children do not have to have a wonderful rose bedded life to see the good things in life. Harry’s father had a problem with drinking Whisky and his wife continued to tell him he was going to die from it. Henry did not see a problem in this because he loved the smell of it. Children up until they are young teenagers do not see dangers in life, unless their parents set them up to them. Here is a pure example of two families, one white and one black that allowed their children to grow and play together. Unlike some white families that would have completely looked down upon any black families, or black children that wanted to play with their children. I really admire Harry’s parents for allowing this to happen and then I admire Harry for writing about it and sharing it with others, so that people see that it was okay to have a black and a white family working in the fields together.