eep segregation and the “Old South” alive. His peers along with members of the community are dissatisfied with the decisions and alliances with which Frank is making. They feel that the strides he is taking to improve himself i.e., saving money and purchasing a butcher knife, exhibiting real enthusiasm in learning the tricks of new trades, and joining the “white man’s union”, are unnecessary and a blatant demonstration of selling out to the white community. I find myself amazed at how persistent Frank is throughout the course of these events. When he loses his job with the packinghouse and the union can not do anything about it, he still maintains union ties and beliefs, and perseveres in finding a new job. His love and concern for the welfare of his family proved more important then the relationships he is building with other men in the neighborhood. Going against popular opinions to reach for a goal is something that takes a lot of courage to do. He never gives up, re-securing his old job at the packinghouse Frank immediately goes to work on recruiting new migrants from the South into the union. When trouble brews with fellows he works hand in hand with, Frank turns the other cheek because he knows it will do no good to fight them at that moment, it’s better to wait and pick his battles. From the moment Frank stepped off of the freight train and landed in the Promised Land, his life took a dramatic change. Originally in search of employment and a better life for his family, Frank found much more. Through adversity, loss of friendships, and unpopularity Frank discovered what it was like to be American, something that wasn’t afforded to him as a descendant of slaves residing in the “Old South” of Mississippi....
