Every town has a section where the people are rich and their lives so far from yours you almost expect them to speak another tongue.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Here, the makeup of Brushy Mountain Road is described. Located above the rest of the town of Pinewood, North Carolina, Brush Mountain Road is home to the rich and elite of the area. Such lifestyle and wealth seems so alien to the black people down below that those who live above might as well be from a different country and speak a different language.

You can’t let people know what you dream –especially if you can’t get it.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Here, the difference between the wealthy and the rest of the residents of Pine City is underscored. The wealthy have either had their dreams come true, or can make their dreams come true because of their money. The black people who live at the bottom...