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At first I thought that Chapter six had nothing of significant importance. But after I reread it I noticed that the free mule could symbolize the free blacks. The thing that made me realize this is how Jody is compared to LIncoln and other great heroes. And then the whole mule part of the story seemed to have importance instead of just being a story to take up space. And all the hard work that the mule had to endure under Matt can be seen as slavery, and the mule’s freedom is the same as the slave’s emancipation. But everything about the buzzards and the speech still confuses. The similarity between the two is there just a bit confusing.

And it is amazing that Hurston can make a simple story become a symbol for a whole race, that is just amazing. And I believe she put that in the book to show her readers how the slaves were treated. Just like the mule was starved and made to work. The slaves too were starved and then made to work. And it is this message of suffering and cruelty that Hurston is trying to show us in this story of the mule and the master Matt