“Putting it where every bad luck prowling can find it and come straight to my door, charging me taxes on top of it.” (pg.36)
This quote personifies bad luck by giving it the ability to sneak and find Anse at his home. This emphasizes how Anse believes that God doesn’t seem to aid him in any way except by providing a road for the bad luck to travel straight to him. Therefore, Anse says “I am not religious” due to the bad luck he attains that had caused him to lose faith. Moreover, the repetition of “making me pay for it” and “that road” not only illustrates his disappointment of his lack of wealth but asserts the impact his wife’s illness has on him. He thinks that his bad luck had constructed new road for his wife’s death. Therefore, some of his children dislike him because he comes off as a heartless and selfish individual and even Anse senses this when he says “but I just can’t seem to get no heart into it.”
I chose to have a picture of a three leaf clover to exemplify a lack of luck that Anse possess. In comparison to a four leaf clover, when found, an individual acquires good luck – which is what Anse is need of. This three leaf clover is a mere representation of Anse’s belief of his unlucky fortune. Although, many of these clovers exist in the world it reflects normality and acceptance of the fortunate (wealth, happiness, etc) and unfortunate (illness, death) events that exist in life. Moreover, it is difficult to seize a four a leaf clover due to its rarity and therefore, it would be challenging for Anse to acquire “good luck.” So in essence, rather than putting faith in luck, he should become religious and “let the Lord comfort” (pg. 33) him.
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