Summary: this chapter switched between the bigger picture and more specific people. It talks about the burger joints along route 66, saying that Alyheru4 is like the generally silent person who does not acknowledge the people in the diners. Then there is Mae, who is the person behind the counter who is friendly and kind. As people with expensive cars and money head west and stop at these diners they manage to go in and piss off the women behind the counter because they don’t by anything and they complain and have the audacity to waste napkins when money is scarce as it is. (on a more specific note) Two truck drivers stop by a diner and while talking to Mae that explain an accident that they saw caused by a reckless driver. While this is going on a man and his two kids come in and ask for some bread. Mae doesn’t want to because the people traveling west aren’t the only ones who need to make a living, and she insists that they should buy a sandwich. But they only have so much to get them to California so Al just gets fed up and tells Mae to give them the bread, and then she ends up giving them two peppermint candies for a penny. Kind of like a domino affect, the truckers see the nice and selfless thing Mae did so they left a 35 cent tip. That shows how much doing the right thing and staying together during this hardship that everyone is facing is what its all about and nothing else can really compare, even money.
Themes:
People vs. “Moloch”, causing people to continue west and have a hard time making it, showing how scarce their money is.
“We” vs. “I” – people come together because they all know they are going through a hard time so they decide to try and stick together.
Characters:
The Truck drivers
Mae
Al
Men and Boys
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