“He told the story to Paul F, Halle, Paul A and Paul D in the particular way that made them cry-laugh. Sixo went among trees at night. For dancing, he said, to keep his bloodlines open, he said. Privately, alone, he did it” (Morrison 30).
Sixo was a man who was persistent and emotionally closed off to his brothers. Knowing very well that his “Thirty Mile Woman” was fourteen years old and soon to be wed, Sixo devised a plan in order to see her, despite the long distance between them. One could imagine that the man in the car who was trying to whip Sixo was either the “Thirty Mile Woman”‘s husband or father. Perhaps to save the horror of humiliation when telling the story to his brothers, the story was told in a way that made them “cry-laugh”. This shows a lot about Sixo’s character because his pride means a lot to him and does not want the almost whip lash to effect his image of him to his brothers. During the nights, Sixo has a keen to roam around frequently. It seems that Sixo does this as a way to cope and reminisce about his “Thirty Mile Woman” and the haunting of a “almost beating”. The almost beating haunts him because the emotional and physical pain can carried with Sixo forever Although traveling the long ways to his little lady friend gives the impression of that it was worth traveling for so long, getting whipped was definitely not.
