Chapters 8 and 9 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 8: Hejira

At the age of twenty-two after dropping out of his second college and traveling around the country, David returned to Raleigh. He moved into his parent's basement. After six months of sponging off of them and getting high on a daily basis, his father threw him out. His sister Lisa had an apartment near the university and told him he could move in there. His mother dropped him off and when he started to leave, she teared up. He didn't know it at the time but his father threw him out not because he was a bum but because he was gay. His mother couldn't stop crying. David assured her he'd be fine. He'd have a job and his own place in no time.

Chapter 9: Slumus Lordicus

In 1980, Sharon had cable TV installed and got hooked on...