But for others, kudzu was a vine with a story to tell, symbolic of a strange hopelessness that had crept across the landscape, a lush and intemperate tangle the South would never escape.

The story of the vine is in this case an account of the grapevine ... This leads the author to make the following remarks: The true principle regarding the use of wine is shown in this ordinance ...

“The story of the vine is the story of the human experience. It needs to struggle a little to find true expression. Too much stress and it could break. Not enough, and it grapples with finding ...