The narrator surveys their meager belongings, which represent a whole lifetime of struggle. Oblivious to the pleas of her husband, who has appeared on the scene to comfort her, the woman loudly denounces the men who are literally tearing her home apart. Feeling uncomfortable, the narrator tries to blend into the crowd of bystanders. Two white men bring a chest of drawers out of a nearby apartment while a group of black men and women stand silently by and an old black woman tearfully calls the narrator's attention to her helplessness and humiliation. Bledsoe as "a shameless chitterling eater," then runs back to the vendor and buys two more yams, but discovers that the last one is frostbitten.Ĭontinuing on, the narrator comes upon the scene of an eviction. Pondering the link between food and identity, he imagines exposing Dr. No longer feeling compelled to hide his identity as a Southern black by denying his love for certain foods, the narrator experiences a profound sense of freedom. The next day, while walking in the streets of Harlem, the narrator buys a hot buttered yam from a street vendor and eats it greedily.
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