Chapters 18, 19 and 20 Summary
If he hollers let him go. By Himes, Chester B. ENCRYPTED DAISY download. For print-disabled users. Borrow this book to access EPUB and PDF files. IN COLLECTIONS.
In chapter eighteen, the next morning, Jones has another bad dream, this one of a white boy and a black boy taking knives to each other and the white boy slowly, jab by jab, killing the black boy. As he wakes, struggling with a hangover, Jones muses on his place in America, on his being black, and on what he believes to be his simple, universal desire to just be a man. When he arrives at the office, he prepares to quit, only to find that the manager is talking to every white boy that comes in, rather than to him. On a break, he tries to get hold of Alice and is told she is out, and then goes in search of Madge. He finds her with Don, to whom she is complaining about being given bad gear by a...
