argiope aurantia is the kind of spider that has a bright yellow back.
what kind of spider has a bright yellow back?
argiope aurantia
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"yellow back radio broke-down" is rife with religious conflict. protestantism conflicts with catholicism, and catholicism with neohoodooism. yellow back radio’s reverend, preacher boyd, symbolizes the failure of protestantism. despite his best efforts, the young people of the town ignore him, and as a result he descends into despair and alcoholism. the representatives of both the novel's other major religions scorn him. the loop garoo kid, high priest of neohoodooism, lashes the crucifix off reverend boyd’s neck with a bullwhip, and pope innocent, leader of the catholic church, kills him with a can of insecticide. protestantism in the town yellow back radio is out of touch and dying. catholicism and neohoodooism conflict during an argument between loop garoo and pope innocent. loop garoo launches a scathing attack on the violent nature of the catholic church: “you and your crowd are the devils. the way you massacred the gnostics, not to mention the bogomils, albigenses, and waldenses” (165). reed compares african-american neohoodooism to catholicism, contrasting the tolerance and inclusiveness of the former with the massacres and bigotry of the latter.
yellow back radio broke-down