As the young boys make-believe that they are soldiers/sailors and play military games together, John is "knighted and given a Viking""s funeral" for his bravery.A ferris wheel spinning in the background reflects the spinning within Willie""s head.To recover before he is due to give his canned talk, Willie sits in a playground swing where other children are playing, where Burden urges him to drink coffee (and a generous amount of bourbon).Destiny is the will of God, and if it is man""s destiny to be dominated, it is God""s will that he be dominated with compassion and understanding.He especially singled out the indebted Sock Fisher and Uncle Joe Wright (Russell Simpson) (Betty""s father) - suspicious that they were ungrateful workers who were stealing his cotton:The tenants trust you.