Jacob's Roles In The Circus

Roles in society are common on the circus and everyone is aware of their specific role. When Jacob entered the cookhouse for the first time he was presented the difference between the two roles in society because the cook house was split into two sections. The tables that Jacob could see were “graced with red and white checked tablecloths, silverware, and vases of flowers” (Gruen 35). After Camel stops Jacob from sitting at the nice table he leads him to the other side of the curtain where “the tables in the other half are set up end to end, their bare wood graced only with salt and pepper shaker. No flowers here” (Gruen 36). The problem was that working men like Camel knew the society of the circus causing them to not question the social