neighborhood. Ruth convinced her to return home. Halen refused to see her.
Being Jewish for Ruth was very hard to live in the first part of Twenties. In Suffolk, there were while folk’s school and black folks school, but also Jewish school which is called “skul” in Yiddish. It was very hard for Ruth to make friends. Nobody accepted her as her friend because of being Jewish. But she found true childhood friend named Frances, who had known her childhood and accepted her as her friend. France’s family was not rich they were just like farming- type folks.
James was not familiar from his mother’s background. He comments at his mother attitude all the times. He asked her mother background but she did not give her straight answer. James continuously
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It was very terrible and painful experience and doctor used no anesthesia. Afterwards, she was in so much pain that she could not able to walk. She ashamed and felt sorry to her Aunt Besty. Ruth joined school in New York but it was very hard for her to live there and she wanted to complete her high school in Suffolk. She came back to Suffolk. She visited Peter who claimed that he still loved her. One day Ruth was working in her store and found that Peter has gotten a black girl pregnant and was to marry her. At that moment Ruth decided to leave Suffolk. She met with her friend Frances, who told her to join the Graduation but her father forbid her to do go because part of it was taken in church. Ruth defied and father and decided to join graduation. When she approached the Graduation, she was unable to join within it. Then she took the bus and came back to New York.
After died of James stepfather, he started doing bad things in their life. He started smoking and drinking as well as stealing things from the people and he spent three summers on the street at Vermont Liquors on the corner where he said got his true street education. He met with some peoples like Chicken man who was the street man and always be there all the times. Chicken man told James about his failure life and urged him to educate himself and work