Devil In A Blue Dress
The book Devil in A Blue Dress (1990) by Walter Mosley is based around the trials and tribulations of Easy Rawlins. Easy Rawlins is a black man who just lost his job and needs to find out how he will make his next mortgage payment. In this essay I will discuss how Easy Rawlins uses his sixth sense to survive racism by being leery and getting a sort of funny feeling about Mr. Dewitt Albright. Joppy introduces Mr. Albright to Easy. Joppy owns a bar Easy frequents and Mr. Albright goes there in the attempt to hire someone to find a young white lady that likes to keep company with young black men. Joppy knows Easy is having financial difficulties and figures it would be a great and simple job for him. Easy also uses his sixth sense at the pier when a young Jewish girl approaches him with small talk and he feels uncomfortable speaking to her. He also uses this sense when he meets Mr. Carter, exercising his street smarts and gut feelings to change the situation to suit his needs. Mr. Carter was recently engaged to the young white woman Easy is searching for and Easy approaches him to find out the story behind the young woman. Easy Rawlins is very leery when he meets Mr. Dewitt Albright. Mr. Albright makes him uneasy. He look
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Approximate Word count = 848
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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