The passage shows to the readers that there are multiple conclutions to the lack of money and jobs in the community
They tend to mock others who aren’t their color and feel like they are higher in rights than others. It hurts us in a way of never becoming one. Our community will not rise up without everyone accepting others and becoming equals.
I am pretty sure that in brooks' novel, the rector presents the plague as <span>a chance to save the souls of nonbelievers. I consider the third option as the correct one as author represented as if it will refine the villape people's souls.
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