We have now just found out that sonny would take money he found in the houses he went in to. It seems to me that he would treat the houses like a treasure chest. He never knew what he was going to find in side, and so some times he would find things he liked. Most of the time he would by pass them, and leave them alone. Now though he would take money he found in some of the houses, never much more then 20$. Now though we find out that he has been saving a lot of money. 249 dollars to be exact. It seems like this is going to be some foreshadow for something down the road. Possibly sonny will eventually save up all of his dollars that he has and makes threw working at the apartment complex, and what his mom gives him under the table. And he might fall in love with one of the girls. Then when he has saved up enough money he will try and get out of that apartment and move some where else with his new found love.
What will happen to sonny right now though? Well we left off with him talking to the old man in room number #5. On page 48 they have a conversation, sonny and the old man. " How come you do this?" says the old man. "Because the slate deck gets dirty" said sonny. "No no, how come you do this" said the old man. "Cloyd Longpre. I live down stairs in Number one. Its that he married my mom" said sonny. "He makes you or he pays you?" said the old man. Sonny says nothing while the old man just shakes his head. I believe that the old man knows something about Cloyd Longpre. Possibly that he is a raciest, or that he cheats on women or something. I get the sense that the old man is feeling sorry for sonny for some reason. Like I said the old man is either up to some thing or knows a terrible secret about Mr. Longpre.
Scott, I really agree with what you had to say in the comment you left me as well as your post. I think that at first Sonny did'nt realize he could steal money from those houses and save it. Now he has figured out that he can save a little bit of money and eventually get himself out of Cloyd's place with hopefully his mom and maybe his "new love" Nica. I think that your right about the old man in #5, he knows something about Cloyd. Maybe this is not the first time Cloyd has been married and that he knows Cloyd is bad news. Also your description of Cloyd made a lot more sense than mine. This helped me to better understand his attitude.
ReplyDeleteYour writing is easy to read and your ideas are well thought out. Thanks for commenting on my post.
I agree that there is going to be a foreshadowing with that 249 dollars. He might try to leave with the apartments. I liked you description "It seems to me that he would treat the houses like a treasure chest. He never knew what he was going to find in side, and so some times he would find things he liked." I like the imagery of it. The pages with sonny talking to the man in apt #5, didnt seem that significant to me. But you mentioned that the old man might know something about Cloyd that sonny doesnt. It could very well be a terrible secret. The older man might be a significant character.
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