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

I really enjoyed this book. It gave me a better perspective in how blacks were treated

In example, Black people were permitted to olny certain schools, restaurants , churches, they ride in the back of the busse and trains. When buying something they had a colored line olny.The white were

women and was known. He was captured and killed in a horrible way. Nothing was said and

outrages. The blacks knew better than to question the white authority in anything. They knew if

coinsidered ignorant and were treated different. Now in days alot has changed, there is no

they did, they were be at fault and there was consequences for their actions. They pretended

Fishbelly who seemed to gullible and was know to avoid confrotation among his friends, who

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)