#334 Scout- Henry Dumas
There are such great stories in this collection, Echo Tree,
I probably wont be able to get to all of them. However, before I get to Scout,
I would like to make mention of a great short parable called The Eagle the Dove
and the Blackbird. Like most of Dumas’ work, it is meaningful, well-crafted and
beautiful prose.
Scout is about a young man retelling a story about his
youth. He is confused, frantic, and un-prepared. He is loved, mocked, taken
advantage of, robbed, and taken-in. That’s a full day. As he deals with his own
problems, time marches on.
“Harlem has changed”
“Toward progress…the progress of death.”
Notable Passage: “It takes time to teach yourself. It takes
time to break the chains inside us. We waste too much of our time of
foolishness.”
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