A Gathering of Old Men is a Novel by Ernest Gaines; Luke Will is the dominant antagonist being the one to organize the lynch gang. David Duke is a racist and anti-Semitic who was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He attempted to run for president three times. He was born on January seventh nineteen fifty. The two connections between Luke Will and David Duke are their racism and their positions of power over others. The main connection between David Duke and Like Will is their egregious racism against African-Americans. David Duke was an affiliate of the Ku Klux Klan and an accomplished Neo-Nazi. “Italian Police expelled the controversial activist in the march of 2012 because they claimed he was ‘Dangerous and wanted to create racist and anti-Semitic groups in Europe.’”(Josephine McKenna Rome) David Duke got thrown out of several countries …show more content…
David Duke started out as a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan; he also was a member of the Louisiana Legislature and he tried to get nominated for the presidential candidate for both parties. “A member of the Louisiana Legislature he sought to promote himself as a mainstream political candidate and ran for national office unsuccessfully.”(Josephine McKenna Rome) He was in an important state government job from which he tried to spread racism. Due to Fix refusing to ride without his sons Luke Will took over leadership of the lynch gang. “Let’s go Sharp.’ They went across the road to a white pickup which had a gun rack in the cabin with 2 guns in the rack the truck also had a CB radio and Luke Will got on the radio and began talking. The other guy sharp started the truck and drove away. (Gaines 150) Sharp does what Luke Will tells him to do which shows his authority over the other Cajuns. They both lead attacks of different kinds against the African-Americans. They wasted their talents fighting to ruin the freedoms of