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Red Sky At Morning

igion was an issue that continued to surface in the Arnold's home, portraying peoples' intolerance and primarily ignorance towards others beliefs. We see this in Mrs. Arnold’s dislike of Catholics. She makes her unhappiness strongly known by saying that one of the reasons she dislikes Sagrado is that “The town was full of Catholics.”(24) Another example of religious predjudices is when they lived in Mobile, Alabama. Mrs. Arnold asks her colored maid to sing Negro spirituals for a business associate who loved listening to that kind of music. Although Lacy (the maid) was Catholic and knew none of these Southern classics, Mrs. Arnold told her “ Lacey, don’t be silly. All of your…everybody knows those songs. They’re traditional.”(8) Lacey always sang the songs Mrs. Arnold wanted her to, but later told Josh she felt bad singing protestant songs and always attended confession to rid her guilt. Lacey no longer had to deal with this internal conflict once the Arnold’s moved, and Mrs. Arnold was forced to accept the influnece of different religions on her son Josh. Regional attitudes strongly affected the people of Sagrado, causing them to fear the hostile reception of surrounding communities. There was a neighboring town called La Cima mainly made up of Indians. Josh was warned about the people that lived there, and it being a good idea to stay clear. One night, while Josh was visiting the house of the Montoya’s, (Amadeo and Excilda) he learned first hand about these regional differences. Amadeo, Victoria, (his daughter) and Josh decided to take a drive up to La Cima to see the ritual held during Christmas time. Amadeo had said that they would light big bonfires and have some sort of a pararde during the night. They remained in the car upon arriving and watched from a distance. As the ceremony was ending, Josh recongnized one of the girls from school and unwittingly hopped out of the c...

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