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Summary Of Zoot Suit By Luis Daviddez
A representative is chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others, according to Google. The play by Luis Valdez takes place in LA during 1943 where both World War 2 and the Zoot Suit riots were happening. In the play Zoot Suit we follow Henry who is a pachuco, a part of a gang called the 38th street gang and El Pachuco who likes to give Henry advice on what to do throughout the play yet he is unable to interact with anyone other than Henry. Along with Della, Rudy, Lupe, Smiley, Joey, Tommy and the rest of the 38th gang they go dancing one last time before Henry goes off to fight in the war. Suddenly their rival, the downy, shows up to cause trouble but soon after sirens begin to be heard. The police along with the press arrived.
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