It is interesting how after the narrator finds out that Dr. Bledsoe has screwed him over and that he has really nothing to look forward too, he is still hopeful. Of course he does meet some nice people along the way that seem to really help him, like Mary. Mary seemed legit, just out to help not trying to screw people over to make sure she got ahead of them. I am sad that the narrator left her place to join this "Brotherhood" Jack has created.
I don't trust Jack. There is something about him I can't really describe, but I feel like the narrator is going to end up getting screwed over. Jack starts by complimenting the narrator and telling him that this "brotherhood" he has created is used to help fight for the people whose heritages have been dispossessed of. Why the narrator joins is beyond me, especially after Jack has him change is name and housing. Seems a bit weird that you have to leave everything behind, find a new place to live, get a new name, and create a new identity to be in this brotherhood. I think it is a way for Jack to have control over people... Interesting how the narrator's name is changed, along with his identity, and the reader still has no name for him. I think this helps with the whole idea that the narrator doesn't know who he is yet, and so the reader isn't supposed to know either. And once you give someone a name, you begin to identify them as someone... you know? Also, how does this group get money? When the narrator first joins, they just give him $300 to pay off debt and then some more to buy new clothes. On top of all that, they are going to pay him $60 a week. This whole thing just seems a bit shady.
I can't wait to see how this situation turns out... not good I know because we already know how bitter the narrator turns out.
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