Unnamed Residents of Memphis' Restricted District

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Unnamed Residents of Memphis' Restricted District
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Unnamed Residents of Memphis' Restricted District
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Sanctuary describes the people who live in "the restricted district" of Memphis through which Red's funeral procession passes in terms of their "faces," which "peer from beneath lowered shades" as it goes by (249). While it is not absolutely clear what "restricted district" refers to, the point of this passage seems to be to juxtapose two worlds in Memphis: the underworld and the respectable (but intimidated) citizenry.