This is a cautionary story of love and loss, wealth and education. It is about an African-American family and their rise out of poverty and ignorance in the early 20th century. The trials and tribulations of their success and the negative impact that it had on their posterity. Where lies the root of all evil? No, it is not money. 
 A curious thing about loss is it makes you recall the joy of  relationship  and as well the pain in the midst of love. When you love someone, care must be given that the love you feel might destroy the character of the person loved. Parents can adore their children with such great love that they cannot bring themselves to temper that love with teaching that child personal responsibility. "Every action brings consequences", some of which are not seen until the person is dead and gone and completely wrecks the lives of the generation of children that come after.