The Marshall’s tractor becomes a symbol of the change that the men have experienced in their life. Originally, the older Black men would work the fields, and gained a sense a community from doing so. Over time, when Cajuns that also share-cropped started to use tractors, fewer and fewer of the older Black men would work on the plantation. Eventually, the younger members of the community left for the cities of for the North, and many of the older members began to die.[3]
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