The racism alluded to in the first part explodes in all its savagery, and the town - which seemed to be guilty only of a forgivable insularity - becomes a cesspit.

如果说小说第一部分只是影射了种族主义，那么在第二部分，种族的不平等得到了野蛮的渲泄，小城梅岗也从一个尚可原谅的封闭小镇成了一个恶贯满盈、种族主义猖獗的大粪坑。