Share cropping is the act of a landowner and a tenant farmer, where the farmer is provided with credit for seeds, tools, living quarters, and food, who work the land. This affects Abner in more ways than one. Because he and his family partake in share cropping he knows that he is not providing for his family as great as he could be providing for his family. This makes him feel like he is not doing all that he can to make his life for his family easier, but that he is actually making the life hard for his family. Also the aspect of share cropping that forces the tenant farmer to rely on the land owner does not sit well with Abner. In the story we get the feeling from Abner that he is somewhat of a large man with an even larger ego. Having Abner needing to rely on someone else to help him provide for his family is not good for Abner. Although these things do not make up for the things that Abner does through out the story it gives us an insight to a possible reason for why Abner does the things he does.
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