I See You Never (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ray Bradbury
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Plot: Psychological, social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1940's
- Setting: Los Angeles, California
- Principal Characters: Mrs. O’Brian, Mr. Ramirez
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Factories, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, 1940’s, American Dream, Poverty or poor people, California, Los Angeles, Immigration or emigration, Landlords or tenants, Mexico or Mexicans, Central America or Central Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Story
Mr. Ramirez, the landlady's best tenant, is in the custody of two police officers, but he is initially unable to speak and therefore explain the reason for his arrest. Mrs. O’Brian knows his past: that he traveled by bus from Mexico City through San Diego to Los Angeles, where he found work in an airplane factory during the final years of World War II. Throughout this time and into the postwar period, he had roomed with Mrs. O’Brian. With his good salary, he was able to buy a radio, a wristwatch, and even a car, which was repossessed when he forgot to keep up the...
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