At the end of the work, the family defiantly chooses to move into a predominantly white neighborhood.
It appears they have conquered their loneliness by ultimately banding together to face whatever comes. Although none of them has truly seen their dreams realized, although they are about to enter a world where they will face much adversity, and although, as Fanon might argue, they are only persisting in their struggle in the hopes of perhaps one day abandoning it by becomeing integrated by white society... the end of the work is oddly comforting. Why, beyond everything else in the work, beyond the struggles, the unfulfilled dreams, and although it should be unsatisfactory, is it so comforting that at least they have each other...?
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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