party down at the Square
A Party Down at the Square “A Party Down on the Square” is full of what I interpret as symbolism. ... They are about to burn a man alive in town square, and for what reason, because he is black. ... Thus lighting the whole square up so that it resembled hell, this poor mans own hell. The rain, coldness toward this suffering human being starts to accumulate and freeze all over the town, hate accumulating and hanging off of everything in the square. ... 275), the only ones left to tell what really happened were the birds in the town square’s trees.