Questions
- Truman and Meridian are in the heat of a political discussion on the ethics of "revolutionary killing" (3.27.5).
- Although Meridian is still unsure whether she could actually kill, she now believes that it's a question that anyone fighting for social justice must ask themselves.
- Truman doesn't care much—to him, the time for revolution has come and gone. Even so, Meridian can't answer the question to her own liking.
- In the community where Meridian lives, there's a large ditch called "the pool" (3.27.30). Whenever it rains, the pool fills up at a rapid rate and, if there are children swimming at the time (because the local swimming pool shut down after desegregation), they are often are caught up and drowned. It happens every year.
- This happens when Meridian is there too. She carries the dead child's "bloated figure" from the pool to the mayor's office, finally leaving the body in front of him and walking out (3.27.34). Afterwards, she collapses. She uses this to convince the boy's family to register to vote.