User:Jingles20/draft The Land

Plot summary
Mitchell and Caroline are married, Caroline is pregnant, and Paul is working to get land. To disrupt this happiness, Digger Wallace fulfills his promise to get Mitchell back for embarrassing him. One day while Mitchell is working on Filmore Granger's land, Digger shoots Mitchell from behind. When Paul gets to Mitchell, he is almost dead. Mitchell's last request of Paul is that he marry Caroline and take care of her and his unborn child. After Mitchell dies, Paul tries hunting down Digger Wallace but does not find him.

Shortly after, Filmore Granger tells Paul that he cannot have his land because Paul had cut some trees outside of the forty acres of Filmore's land. After the setback, Paul set his sights again on J.T. Hollenbeck's land and is able to buy it after receiving some money from Cassie. After burying Mitchell's body, Paul asks Caroline to marry him she says yes.

In the epilogue, Paul is older and has more children. Cassie sends him a letter saying that their father is very ill. When Paul goes to father, he brings his children with him so his father can see the grandchildren. His father looks sick but happy and soon after dies in his sleep.

Characters

 * Daddy (Edward Logan) is the father of Paul, Cassie, George, Hammond, and Robert. Paul and Cassie are half black because Edward had an affair with their black mother who he also owned.
 * Caroline is an attractive black woman that both Paul and Mitchell like.
 * Jessup is the racist boss of a turpentine camp that Paul and Mitchell work at.
 * J.T. Hollenbeck is a white landowner who is willing to sell land to Paul for a reasonable price.
 * Ray Sutcliffe is a racist man who tries to take financial advantage of Paul.

Autobiographical Elements
The books written by Mildred D. Taylor are all based on stories that she read, heard, or was told about her family's history. "I remember my grandparents' house, the house my great-grandfather had built at the turn of the century, andIi remember the adults talking about the past. As they talked, I began to visualize all the family who had once known The Land and I felt as if I knew them too," said Taylor.