How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
To my child's eyes the old Pike County Courthouse looked exactly like a church. The second-floor gallery where the colored people got to sit was like the choir loft. The benches below were the pews. And my father stood at the high altar in the front of the room, delivering thunderous sermons and running the whole thing like a very strict minister who happened to wield a hammer instead of a Bible. (97.3)
It's interesting that Ben pictured the courthouse like a church when he was young. So does that make his dad god-like? And if so, whose interpretation of the Bible does he fit into most neatly?