Good Versus Evil

Grisham’s novel The Boys From Biloxi addresses a traditional theme of good versus evil. The characters and their actions are decisively good or evil as they follow what appears to be a predestined path laid out for them. It is only at the end of the novel, when Keith considers his lost friendship with Hugh, that it appears Keith is wondering if he played a role in Hugh’s downfall.

From the beginning of the novel, the Malco family is understood as a force of evil. The Malco family is disliked by other families, even when Hugh and Keith are playing together on the Little League team. The narrator states: “Hugh’s parents, Lance and Carmen Malco, were feeling a bit shunned, and for good reason” (11). Lance is referred to multiple times as “the biggest crime boss on the Coast” (263). It seems understood...