What tragedy is foreshadowed by the suggestion that "the leaves of the young corn became less stiff and erect; they bent in a curve at first, and then, as the central ribs of strength grew weak, each leaf tilted downward"?

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Asked by mike r #332758 on 8/6/2013 5:43 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 8/6/2013 5:52 PM

Answered by Aslan on 8/6/2013 5:52 PM

I would think the death of the sharecropper farmers in their profession. , the end of their era in farming. As well there is a draught.