Emerson first offers him a job as his valet and then offers to get him a job at Liberty Paints, but the narrator refuses both offers.īack in his room, he experiences the full impact of Bledsoe's betrayal. Aware of the shock his revelation has on the narrator, young Mr. Emerson's son, then reveals the devastating contents of Dr. Emerson's office, the narrator is met by a young man who identifies himself as Mr. As he leaves the drugstore, he seems surprised to see the counterman serving "the special" to a white man.įinally arriving at Mr. Upset with the counterman's suggestion, "the special" - pork chops, grits, eggs, biscuits, and coffee - because the counterman has correctly identified him as being from the South, the narrator orders orange juice, toast, and coffee instead. Next, the narrator stops at a drugstore for breakfast.
Although the narrator is at first alarmed by the cart-man, whose nonsensical riddles and rhymes remind him of the vet at the Golden Day, he gradually begins to relax and recognizes some of the rhymes as songs from his childhood. Emerson, the narrator encounters an old man singing a familiar blues song and pushing a cart filled with discarded blueprints. The next morning, he feels confident that his luck has changed when he receives a letter from Mr. After three days, he is disappointed by the complete lack of replies, but resolves to remain optimistic, even though his money is almost gone. Emerson, requesting an appointment and explaining that he has a message from Dr. Worried about his lack of a job, the narrator decides to change his tactics: He writes a letter to Mr. Bledsoe, only to meet with polite but firm refusals. Over the next several days, the narrator distributes six of the letters from Dr. After passing the group, the narrator asks two white policemen for directions to Men's House, where he registers, immediately goes to his room, and takes out his packet of letters, planning his job search. He is especially surprised to see an angry black man with a West Indian accent addressing a group of black men in the street without being arrested. As the bus reaches its next stop and they go their separate ways, he gives the narrator some last-minute advice about surviving in New York.Īrriving in New York, the narrator takes the subway to Harlem, where he is amazed to see so many black people. He also tells the narrator that he hoped for a transfer to Washington, D.C., for a long time but wonders what brought it about so suddenly. The vet reminisces about his first trip north to Chicago and speculates about the exciting new things the narrator is bound to experience in New York.
Elizabeth's (a mental hospital in Washington, D.C.), and his new attendant, Crenshaw. Leaving college on a bus headed for New York, the narrator meets the vet from the Golden Day, who is being transferred to St.
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