a rage in harlem

English 12 A Rage in Harlem Chester Himes When reading the book a Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes it brought me to the realization how language is not just a way to communicate with people. But rather it can be used in harmful ways where people can be deceived, cheated on, pushed away, hurt, and etc. language and communication is the strong connection it brings about between two people. Communication between person to person can either make a person’s day or it can kill them inside where what was said and done to them will never be forgotten. In the first chapter of a Rage in Harlem we see how in general Jackson and hank are cheating on the city in which they live in. Jackson, a colored man in the novel is in love with his girl Immabelle and gives Hank, the only man who has the special paper to change the value of money, ten dollar bills to change into hundreds. We see how Jackson lies to the bank and tells them he won it playing a game and to check if it was real. Jackson has no fear or shame of what he’s really is asking .When they get caught by the marshal, hank, immabelle, and Jodie were able to run away. But as Jackson sits there getting arrested, he uses different techniques to get out of the mess he was in. The first technique he uses is “just this once, marshal, I’ve never been arrested before I’m a church man, I ain’t dishonest”. We see how he tries to show him he comes from a honorable place where he is honest and a true man of god .he tells him he’s a respected man, he’s a church goer. When Jackson sees that doesn’t work he tried a different technique to tell him there “brothers” and that they should care about each other. He said “you a colored man like me you ought to understand that “. Since they were both black and both people who come from the same backgrounds and can