Which sentence best reveals the historical significance of the setting as it relates to the
characters in A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines?
O "Something to do with Mathu, and something to do with Beau Boutan dead in his yard."
O"me, I'm leaving...You and no Boutan'll ever know [where]."
O "Candy...wanted us to get twelve-gauge shotguns and number five shells and she wanted us to
shoot, but keep the empty shells and get there right away."
O"Y'all can go and do like she say or y'all can go home, lock y'all doors, and crawl under the bed
like y'all used to."