The Long Dream
I choose this this particiular book because I was interested in knowing in Black culture******The Long Dream was during the Jim Crow's Law Era, which segregated blacks and whites.The political figures in the book was the Chief of Police Cantly, whoi takes bribes to keep illegal businesess from being closed. Another political figure was Attorney Harvey McWilliams who had ran for mayor, who waa a very outspoken, reformer man and belived in juststice for all. The soul figure in the novel was Tyree Tucker, who was a very known business owner. He owned a funeral home in the eyes of the community, and was a silent partner in an illegal whore The main character in the book is a boy named Rex (FISHBELLY) Tucker, who learned about the realities of life the hardway and over come obstacles. Fishbelly would of never thought that he would have to grow up and become a man faster than he imagined. From dropping out of school to help his father with the family business, being in love with a a women who sold her self to men to make living and loosing her in a tragedy death, his dad revengful murder over incriminating cancelled checks, and being put in jail with the charge of trying to
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Groive Fishbelly, FISHBELLY Tucker, Tony Zeke, Tyree Tucker, Fishbelly Grove, Gladys Grove, Maud Williams, Harvey McWilliams, Police Cantly, Soon Fishbelly, tony zeke, boy named, white women, black people,
Approximate Word count = 831
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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