Devil in a Blue Dress

1. Devil in a Blue Dress Presentation: Hanbin Ying (Victor)

2. Chapter 27 • Daphne’s story at the zoo Monkey Birds Zebra • Easy being knocked out

3. Question “He [Daphne’s father] just loved me so much that day at the zoo and he knew me, the real me, and whenever you know somebody that well you just have to leave.” --Daphne Do you think this is what Daphne really believes or it’s just part of her cover?

4. Chapter 28 • Memory of War • Daphne’s disappearance • Inner voice

5. Chapter 29 • Gun battle • Albright injured and fled • Joppy captured and shot • Dividing money • “Real Daphne”

6. Question • “I didn't really want her to stay. Daphne Monet was death herself. I was glad that she was leaving. But I would have taken her in a second if she'd asked me to.” -- Easy Do you think Easy wants Daphne to stay or not and why?

7. Chapter 30 • Albright is dead • Send the little boy to Primo • Wrap up the case in City Hall

8. Chapter 31 • Three months later… Talk with Odell Easy got a job as private investigator

9. The last part "If you know a man is wrong, I mean, if you know he did somethin' bad but you don't turn him in to the law because he's your friend, do you think that's right?" "All you got is your friends, Easy." "But then what if you know somebody else who did something wrong but not so bad as the first man, but you turn this other guy in?” "I guess you figure that that other guy got ahold of some bad luck." What’s the meaning of this paragraph? Or specifically, what’s the meaning of Odell’s answers?

10. Major Theme • Violence and corruption • Freedom • Pedophilia

11. Violence and Corruption • High Crime Rate • Most efficient Police world-wide vs.. Brutality • Massive corruption in City Hall and the Los Angeles Police Department • Underworld profits finance political campaigns • “the district attorney's office, sheriff's office, and Los Angeles Police Department work in complete harmony and never interfere with … important figures in the underworld” --Clifford Clinton

13. Second Great Migration of African American • More than five million nationwide • To northeast, west and urban • California offered many skilled jobs in the defense industry (Easy worked in an aircraft assembling factory) • California's population grew by 49% during the Fifties

15. Automobile in 50s • Doubled from 39 million to 74 million • By late fifties: 80% of American families had at least one car 15% had two or more Americans owned more cars than all the rest of the world put together. “The poorest man has a car in Los Angeles; he might not have a roof over his head but he has a car.”

17. Desegregation and racial crisis • Jim Crow laws • In 50s, only US Army and US Navy is desegregated • Racial crisis in south L.A.(whites bombing, firing into, and burning crosses on the lawns of homes purchased by black families south of Slauson) • Escalation: white gangs, black mutual protection clubs • Basis for today’s street gangs

19. Pedophilia • Victim: Distrust on people Lack of self-esteem Difficulty in developing relationship In the novel: Daphne

20. Future Foreshadows • Freedom movement • Economic Prosperity(The economy overall grew by 37% during the 1950s) • Restless 60s on all social aspects

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