As a tempted, fallen woman, Mag is scorned by her own family and community and becomes an outcast from society, a fallen woman. Losing her position in society and having no money to support herself, she decides to marry a black man who feels sympathy for her and wants to improve her future. It seems that Mag has no choice to survive but to marry a black boy despite the "evil merger" (13). The white community sees this act as another fall in their dignity and turns away from it completely. Mag and Jim have two sons, “beautiful mulati”, and one of the children is Frado (14). When Jim dies, Mag marries another black man named Seth. After living for two years they decide to escape poverty by leaving the city and giving Frado to a white family. Despite Mag's horror and knowledge of Mrs. Bellmont's cruelty, she still decides to leave her daughter with this family. Motherhood is a key concern for Wilson in the text. By opening the novel with Mag's story, Wilson establishes parallel themes and conditions that Frado will face throughout his life.