This poem contained several themes that we touched upon in class such as discrimination, oppression, patriarchy, hegemony and double bind. Discrimination is obvious in this poem, from the disapproving faces of the neighbors, the rocks thrown at their house, the destruction is caused to their house and their daughter Mabel. Oppression is found in the fact that the white men of the community ended up killing the father of the black family after her ran out to defend his daughter from the violence his neighbors were causing. Patriarchy is another element in this poem, possibly less obvious, because it is the father who decides to move the family, and it is the father who was expected to protect his family after one of his children were hurt by the objects being thrown into the windows of their house. The hegemony of the dominant white community is found in this poem since the neighborhood is an all white neighborhood, and all those white neighbors are on each others side, not the side of the black family. We can see that the whites have much more power and superiority in this community, and therefore cause the father to die fighting a double bind. The father of Mabel is put into a situation where whatever he does, he will fail, a double bind, and his failing results in him losing his life. Since his daughter was hurt by the men outside, it is his "duty" as a man and a father to fight back, or else his manhood is up for question but he does not have one person on his side to back him up since everyone in the community is white. He wants to stand up to the violent neighbors to show that they don't have all the power, but in fact they do, and he loses his valiant fight.