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Paradise

. The citizens begin to associate with the outside world that had once despised them, and they became "eager to get away and try someplace else" (6). The town of Haven "had gone from feet to belly in fifty years" (5) and because of this the "New Fathers" decide to dismantle the Oven and relocate. The "New Fathers" sought to keep the dream of a paradise alive because they knew "what they might become if they did not begin anew" (6). Fifteen families pack their bags and leave to found the town of Ruby, a town isolated by ninety miles from anything.Just like its predecessor, Ruby is founded on the concept that isolation equals protection. The citizens view Ruby as a "fortress [they] bought and built up and [which they had] to keep everybody locked in or out" (213). It is a town where "outsider" and "enemy" are "'. . . two words [that] mean the same thing'" (212). They believe in their isolation so much that the outsider, Reverend Misner, feels like "he [is] herding a flock which [believes] not only that it [has] created the pasture it [grazes] but that grass from any other meadow [is] toxic" (212). In an effort to retain this isolation which they believe to be paradise, the citizens did not build anything "to serve a traveler: no diner, no police, no gas station, no public phone, no movie house, no hospital" (12).In spite of these efforts of self-isolation, the older residents of Ruby begin to realize that their so called "paradise" is in jeopardy. The younger residents have become complacent and seek to learn about the outside world and their African roots. The sanctity of the Oven is now becoming sullied by radio music and vandalism. The elders begin to look for a reason of what might be causing the destruction of their meticulously created "paradise." They seek answers to questions of why "[a] mother was knocked down the stairs by her cold-eyed daughter. Four damaged infants were born in one family. Daughters refused to ge...

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