America is in the Heart Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part 2, Chapter 18 Summary

Part 2, Chapter 18 Summary

Leon's death means there is no money to pay for the room. They receive notice from the proprietor and they all scatter. Macario and Carlos move to a red light district where they are eventually joined by Nick and another friend named Luz. Luz dies in a card game some time after this. Another friend, Alonzo, is living with a white divorcee and attending college when the police come and beat him and take him away. The divorcee is driven out of town. When Alonzo is released, he returns to college, more determined than ever to finish. The little group living in the Hope Street apartment has sold everything they have to pay the rent. Macario and Carlos go house to house looking for work. Eventually, they are locked out of the Hope Street room. After spending nights in a theater for a while with the other homeless, Nick finds...
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