If He Hollers Let Him Go (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chester Himes
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: The 1940’s, during World War II
- Setting: Los Angeles, California
- Principal Characters: Robert Jones, Alice Harrison, Madge Perkins
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Novel
Bob Jones, a tense, intelligent, sensitive, black shipyard worker, is anxious to succeed in his position as leaderman at Atlas Shipyard; he yearns to be “just a simple Joe,” distinguished by neither color nor ambition. Caught in a world filled with unleashed hatred and tensions intensified by war, Bob is so haunted by his nightmarish existence that he lives in constant terror. Fear and panic dominate his entire world to such an extent that he cannot distinguish his terrifying nightmares from reality.
As an assistant foreman in a predominately white, hostile...
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