The story takes place in the 1940's and in the beginning of the 1960's. Thomas Smith had a religious upbringing! His mother being quite abusive, forbade him from pursuing his passions. This suppression, turned Thomas into a deprived individual resulting in his growing up a tormented soul, constantly fighting his demons, striving for salvation. Its subject matter is racism, discrimination and the non-acceptance of differentiality and how, due to their upbringing, religion, family, environment, one may be transformed into a Racist. No one is born a racist. They are molded into, formed into one by the system.