What Is Nelson's Impression Of The City

As Nelson and Mr. Head venture off in to the ghetto, the first detail that is described is how all the houses are unpainted, and the lumber used to build the homes are rotting (119). That the part of the city they wander in to is perceived to be ignored by society. Yet it is Nelson whom detects that they’re in the colored section of town, instead of Mr. Head. Which is a significant because Nelson becomes fascinated with the city and states his excitement “I was born here” (117). In effect, Mr. Head’s reacts to Nelson’s statement with a look of horror, so he then attempts to deflate Nelson’s feeling of the city when they wander through the ghetto and he states, “this is where you were born – right here with all these niggers” (119). Mr. Head
Nelsons perception of the women, “Her hair stood straight out from her Head for about four inches all around, […] she had on a pink dress that showed her exact shape.” (120). The detail of her curly hair that can be recognized as a
The plot significance of this situation brings the two together after the incident where Mr. Head denied Nelson was his grandson, so he could possibly avoid trouble with the law. However, it is how the statue brings the two together as they attempt to interpret the purpose of its existence, and whether the sculpture was meant to depict a child, or an elder. That this olden perception of the Negro is an indescribable object, a creation from the old generation of America. Whereas the new generation is incapable to understand a perception that once was. Additionally, the details of the statue, though it seemed as it had a wide smile, the deterioration of the figure made it look literally, and metaphorically destroyed. That the perception of the coloured man can be perceived through this sculpture, and how there is an underlying truth to the pain they’ve endured. “The chipped eye and the angle he was cocked at gave him a wild look of misery”. However, the description of this statue reunites Mr. Head and Nelson, in a new way. “Mr. Head looked like an ancient child and Nelson like a miniature old man. […] they were faced with some great mystery, some monument to another’s victory that brought them together in their common defeat (130). The two characters have come to an equilibrium, where the new America, and old America perceive the remnant of a history that once was. The victory is the revelation, whereas the defeat