Unnamed Northern Prostitute

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2020-02-01 15:02
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2165
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Unnamed Northern Prostitute
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Unnamed Northern Prostitute
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This prostitute in Light in August has just had sex with a black patron before Joe's "turn," so she responds with indifference when Christmas tries to provoke her by saying "that he is a negro" (225). In response, he beats her so badly that "at first they thought that the woman was dead" (225).

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