Must have both questions answered in 250 words totalling 500 words for full homework

A)What is the main issue of “The Gilded Six-Bits”? Is the focus on adultery and the morality of relationships or is the focus on money and the affects of capitalism? How is the issue of race treated in “The Gilded Six-Bits” – particularly in the treatment of Otis’s past?

B)What is Joe waiting for in order to forgive Missy May in “The Gilded Six-Bits”? How does period of deliberation affect his forgiveness of her – does it make more of less sincere? What does this say about their relationship going into the future?