Gold Necklace

The gold necklace that Linda's new baby is given on her baptism day is very upsetting to Linda. For Linda it is troubling because it represents were she has come from and what she lives in every day, slavery. For Linda, the idea of her children growing up like she has and living in slavery is upsetting and it makes her think of the weight of slavery being around her babies neck in the form of the gold necklace. I do not think that it is fair that she make this comparison because it seemed to me that it was just an honest gift and that she lashed out like none other. She treated it like her child was being inducted into slavery with that necklace when it was just a gift.