Neil Isaac's Quest For God

The story begins on a cold December morning, and just as quickly we are made aware that there is an old black woman “coming along a path through the pinewoods.”(1) Basically, what the author does in this article is review what other critics have said. The first critic he talks about is Neil Isaac; he manages to conclude that the whole story is suggestive of a religious quest. Like for an example the parting of the red sea, and when she steals the nickel and a bird flies by she feels like God is watching her.