But when his father is killed in a police shoot-out, he realizes there never was a memoir. He is led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes. GradeSaver, 16 November 2022 Web.Born in the 'agrarian ghetto' of Dickens - on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles - the narrator of The Sellout resigns himself to the fate of lower-middle-class Californians: 'I'd die in the same bedroom I'd grown up in, looking up at the cracks in the stucco ceiling that've been there since '68 quake.' Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist, he spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. Next Section Character List Previous Section About The Sellout How To Cite in MLA Format Rakin, Kamran, blake wagner, et al. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. He is accused of serious law infractions, and ends up in a Supreme Court Case titled, 'Me vs. The case continues, and the narrator is increasingly harmful to people, especially those of his own race. Hominy, of African American descent, starts acting like his slave to repay the narrator. The narrator comes to the rescue, and saves Hominy from a horrible death. The town of Dickens slowly disappears from the map, and the narrator becomes increasingly involved in 'African American Affairs'.Īn elderly man named Hominy Jenkins is introduced into the novel, and he tries to hang himself. This incident was likely because the narrator's father was black.Īfter receiving two million dollars in settlement from the police, the narrator tells himself that he no longer cares about being black anymore. However, no one's life story can continue without a conflict, and the narrator's father is suddenly fatally shot. His father, a social scientist of sorts, would help neighbors into living better lives, but the father and son duo remained in a state of unfortunate affairs themselves.Īs a young boy, the narrator is quite confident about what will happen in his adult life - staying in Dickens, perhaps even with his father in his old age.

While growing up, the narrator lived in a small, poorer community outside of Los Angeles called 'Dickens'. All readers know is that he is sometimes referred to as 'Me' or 'Bon Bon'. In the novel The Sellout, the main character and first-person narrator does not have a name. Written by Kamran Rakin, blake wagner, NEHA BURNAWAL and other people who wish to remain anonymous

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