Argumentative Essay On Jayber Crow - 1078 Words

Mahogany Professor Argumentative Essay 1 December 2017 Jayber Crow Slowly, patiently, the observer becomes the participant; a cub hunting for its first meal. Have you ever come across a friend like this? This friend often being reserved and standoffish then turning into a pariah? Jonah Crow, an orphan at the age of ten grew up in the face of adversity he knew the feelings of loneliness and want; seeing as his mother, father, aunt and uncle died leaving him helpless at an orphanage in the town of Port William, Kentucky. This is a book about Heaven, or the fact that Jayber could actually be living in a hell where the participants fail to love one another, where they hate and destroy the objects and people they love, everything done is done†¦show more content†¦He was intermittent, always moving frantically from task to task, building his empire purely on money, which entirely meant an empire built on his debt, which, again, means an empire built on accountability which Troy was not. An agribusinessman is a person who works in or manages an ag ricultural business. During the time Jayber Crow existed agriculture was all the rage. Family farms made up 40% of the American workforce. Readers could see why family farming was so important. So why would people want to bring in top gun machinery and ruin the land for future crops? For money and growth of themselves, not for the farming industry because in the late 1900s farming dropped from 40% to a glum 4.6%. Agribusiness arrives and begins to slowly tear apart small farms in Jayber Crow’s world. Even in today’s society big businesses tower in our economy. It seems that agriculture is not given any thought when it comes to making a profit and this tremendous defect in humans is another reason people can not live just to please and benefit themselves. People who live to help people and become saints of the land and vow to protect it are the people who made the land last. Mattie Keith, Troy Chatham’s wife is an example of giving with no purpose to receive unlike big agribusiness men. Jayber several times throughout the novel expresses his great love for Mattie but what strikes Jayber like a is the fear that he and Troy are the same man