Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Part 1: Chapters 6–7

Kudzu a fast-growing, hairy perennial vine of the pea family, with large, three-part leaves: sometimes planted in the South for soil stabilization or forage.

Franklin stove a cast-iron heating stove resembling an open fireplace, named for Benjamin Franklin who invented it.

hoodoo bad luck, or a person or thing that causes bad luck.

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