Chapter 13-16
While walking around the narrator buys three yams from a guy selling them. Eating the yams on the street made the narrator feel free. HE wished that his friends down south saw him because he didn't care what people thought. The narrator started to day dream about Bledsoe and how he is ashamed of eating black food and how good it would feel to expose him. Upon day dreaming he sees an old couple being evicted. The women was furious and kept saying that the while man was out to get them over and over. The narrator felt the sudden urge to stay and watch but felt ashamed and uncomfortable to be watching such an embarrassing moment. Once the police arrive the narrator leaves and meets a man called brother jack. Brother Jack took the narrator to some …show more content…
At the hotel the narrator meets the Emma who is worried about the image of the narrator because he might not be black enough. Once the narrator agrees to join the brotherhood he has to change his identity and move again. Jack gives the narrator enough money to pay the rent to Mary. In the morning the narrator breaks a piggy bank in the shape of a black man. He thought it to be a mockery. Before Mary could ask any questions the narrator leaves and doesn't inform Mary that he will never be back, which is kind of rude. The narrator tries so hard to get ride of the package but it continues to follow him so he finally accepts it. As Jack says he buys a suit because he will be making a speech in the evening. The narrator has to give a speech in a boxing ring. His speech makes him nervous and he forgets all the important parts that Jack wanted him to say. Because he forgets the speech he decides to talk about blindness which was inspired by the photo of a raining champion that died of blindness. despite giving a nice speech the brotherhood was mad because it didn't follow what they wanted it to. besides their harsh comments the narrator feels better about himself