Linden Hills: Three Perspectives on the Main Theme “You ain’t gotta die to go to the real hell. No? Uh uh, you just gotta sell that silver mirror God propped up in your soul. Sell it to who— the devil? Naw, just to the highest bidder, child. The highest bidder” (Naylor 1). In Linden Hills, Gloria Naylor presents the inner conflicts of many distraught and unique characters. Three characters that lead particularly interesting lives are: …showed first 75 words of 1096 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1096 total…he knows he is not like them. The residents of Linden Hills signed away their souls when they applied for success and high status. All Luther did was given them a community to do it in. “Irresistible power and great wealth may, up to a certain point, give us security as far as men are concerned; but generally, the security of men depends upon the tranquillity of their souls, and their freedom from ambition.” --Epicurus