How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
And blood, in all the cities through which he passed, ran down. There seemed no door, anywhere, behind which blood did not call out, unceasingly, for blood; no woman, whether singing before defiant trumpets or rejoicing before the Lord, who had not seen her father, her brother, her lover, or her son cut down without mercy… (2.2.288)
The story of Gabriel's sons is a common one. When he goes out to preach in the cities he finds that in every black family there is a story of violence. Blood calls out for blood—that's that cycle of violence, repeating itself, multiplying. One violent act just leads to more, and more…