<span>The purpose of a character foil is to offer a contrast to another character, usually the protagonist. This, thereby, helps deepen the foiled character's personality, since he has something to battle against, to essentially fight for his values and/or methods. Basically, it heightens the characterization of the other character. </span>
He is a very prideful man, yet at the same time he invests his efforts and his own safety in the well being of his men and his family.
Black men are being victimized because of the accusation that they raped white women, but of this there is no history, it was a motive that was used to justify the lynching. That blacks were inferior to whites and therefore there was justification for this society as a whole to be overthrown. Also because they were becoming a primitive race.
Analogy would be the correct answer
