Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Chapter Summary & Analysis - "History" Summary

"History" Summary

Socrates has been inside for three days watching riots on his muted television. He stays inside, not because of fear of what might happen to him, but because of fear of what he might do. "The smoke coming through the cracks in his apartment walls smelled of sweet revenge." Everything that has happened to Socrates in the past wants out there on the streets, but he stays inside. While he is watching the television, he sees a billboard he is familiar with topple over.

Socrates knows that the billboard is falling on top of a bookstore that he visited regularly when he first got out of prison. He had been waiting for his violence to bubble over and erupt until he visited the bookstore. The bookstore changed him. It was a place that he could read and talk with others without being chased out for not buying anything.

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