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Chapter 18 Summary
Maya finds it difficult to watch the expressions on the faces of the cotton pickers. Maya finds it interesting that the poorest people attribute their situation to God's will. The more wealth they accumulate, the less credit God is given. The pickers are exhausted and full of cuts, but they go home, eat leftovers and head for the revival that has come to town. The revival is held in a field by the railroad tracks and the entire town is in attendance. The preacher speaks about white folks and the comeuppance they will receive on Judgment Day. Ministers from every church in town are present and take in members for each other's churches. Maya has never seen cooperation between members of the clergy before. After the revival, people comment that the white folks can have the money because it's better to be poor than to burn in hell. They just...
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