Chap 2
"Im part nigger and wop and bohunk and chink. All of those." "And I'm
Dutch and turkish and Japanese and American." These are the spoken words
of Jake Blount.
To say these words does not mean anyone should take hime literally.
I think what Jake is trying to represnt himself as is not some mut or mix of
different nationalities, but a man who came here just like everyone else in
this country. He came in new to this country just like all the blacks, italians,
japanese, and all the rest he mentioned.
I think Jake Blount is a misunderstood man. Even though he
doesn't act like a smart man with him being drunk and everything, but he
still knows enough to tell us that it is not our nationality that makes us
who we are, but we make ourselves and not the other way around.
With that in mind Jake Blount's message is more simple then
anyone trying to make it out to be. Not mut thinking involved in this I
think becasue what he is trying to say is pretty clear.