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
information to Mr. Albright. Easy asks Joppy, "So you got me tied up with a gangster?" (8) Although Easy takes the job, he goes with his gut feelings and is careful about what he tells Mr. Albright. He suspects Mr. Albright will kill him the very first chance he gets. When Mr. Albright comes to his rescue at the pier Easy realizes he cannot trust him. Easy eventually figures out that Mr. Albright just wanted to find the young white woman and dispose of anyone that knew he was looking for her. He finally attempts to kill Easy to no avail. s like a mobster type of person. Easy is not sure that he wants this man knowing his business, yet his bar owner-friend Joppy spills all the But he uses Mr. Carters' feelings for Ms. Monet to ensure himself a nice payment in return for finding her. His sixth sense helps him determine that Mr. Carter is more than what he was told and that this could ensure him a good salary, which he needs to pay his mortgage. The third instance Easy uses his sixth sense is when he goes to meet Mr. Carter. Mr. Albright tells him to go to Mr. Carter for work, but Easy has a feeling Mr. Carter has more to do with this whole story than that. He goes to see Mr. Carter and uses his street smarts to find out more about Mr. Al
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Approximate Word count = 848
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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