How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The people did not look at him as he moved toward them. They didn't seem afraid; they just didn't think he was important enough to look at. Aunt Glo's little grandson Snookum suddenly stood up before him. Griffin told him to sit back down before he slapped him down. Griffin was very tough around the very old and the very young. But instead of sitting back down, the boy jumped off the steps and started toward Mapes. Candy, who had not been standing too far from Mapes, now got between him and the boy, and told the boy to go back. He stopped, but he did not return to the steps until his grandmother called him. (8.135)
He might be little, but Snookum's got some big attitude in this passage. The fact that he refuses to listen to anybody except old Aunt Glo is pretty important, because it signals that he's not going to pay attention to white authority figures or their threats.
Quote #5
"I kilt him," Uncle Billy said. Uncle Billy stood by the garden fence where Griffin had put him half an hour ago. His lips were swollen from where Mapes had hit him. He seemed as proud of his swollen lips as was Crane's boy in The Red Badge of Courage. (8.212)
Not only is Billy proud of the fact that he stood up to Mapes, but the reference to Crane's Civil War novel is meant to show us that Billy—and the rest of the folks at Marshall—are fighting a battle all their own.
Quote #6
"It ain't go'n work this time, Sheriff," Clatoo said, from the end of the garry.
Mapes turned his head quick. "Who said that?" he asked. He heard where the voice came from, and he knowed it was Clatoo's voice, but he didn't think Clatoo would own up to it. "I said who said that?" he asked.
"I did, Sheriff," Clatoo said.
Mapes pretended he couldn't find Clatoo in the crowd. Clatoo was the only person sitting on that end of the garry, and still Mapes pretended he couldn't find him. Then we he did, he stared at Clatoo long and hard. He though if he stared long enough, Clatoo was bound to look down. But Clatoo didn't look down. He sat there with that shotgun over his legs, looking straight back at Mapes. (9.35-8)
We get another glimpse at the way white characters try and assert their power in this passage. Not only does he act like Clatoo isn't important enough to remember by sight, but Mapes tries to stare him down with his cold hard eyes. And, surprise, surprise: Clatoo isn't having any of it.