Evicted:Chapters 21-24

By: Abby, Miles, Ashwin, Ibrahim

Chapter 21: Characters

● Sherrena● Quentin● Doreen

○ Children: Natasha (Son: Malik Jr.), Patrice (Children: Mikey, Jada, Kayla), CJ, Ruby

● Kamela● Lamar

○ Children: Luke, Eddy

Chapter 21

● Sherrena used the insurance money from Lamar and Kamala’s former apartment building to buy two new duplexes.

● Doreen’s apartment was in disrepair with a broken toilet and clogged sink. The house failed the tenants and the tenants failed the house. The family became lethargic and depressed. The children missed homework, and their grades dropped.

● Natasha gave birth to a baby boy, Malik Jr. The next day she swaddled her new baby and took him back to where her family was living in the rat hole.

Chapter 22: Characters

Vanetta: Young Mother of 3

Crystal: Vanetta’s friend

Kendal: Vanetta’s 4 year old son

SETTING: Apartment, Courtroom, Church

Chapter 22Vanetta’s daughter, Tembi, pulled the fire alarm in the Lodge, a homeless shelter, and the family was forced to move. Vanetta and and her friend Crystal were approved for a run-down apartment after trying to rent over 73 places. Crystal and Vanetta got into a fight, causing damage to the apartment. Vanetta paid for the damages and kicked Crystal out. She later received a call from Child Protective Services and suspected Crystal had notified them. Later, a court scene unfolds where Vanetta is represented by a public defender for an armed robbery charge involving a stolen purse. The public defender argued that she was waking up at 5 am every morning to look for housing, attend GED classes, and care for children. The judge imposed an 81-month sentence or 15 months in prison and 66 on probation. Crystal finds peace at church while making a living as a sex worker, because she was found ineligible for SSI, and her only source of income came from food stamps.

Chapter 22: Pictures

SERENTIY CLUB CHAPTER 23THIS CHAPTER FOLLOWS SCOTT, HE’S A STRUGGLING DRUG ADDICT DOWN ON HIS LUCK, HE GETS KICKED OUT BECAUSE HIS DOG GOT LOOSE AND THE COPS WERE CALLED (271) HE ENDS UP LIVING WITH FRIENDS WHO HELP HIM STAY SOBER (271)

TRYING TO GET HIS NURSE'S LICENSE BACK HE HAS TO ATTEND AA MEETINGS AND GET DRUG TESTED(272).. WHILE AA IS KEEPING HIM CLEAN IT IS MAKING HIM MISERABLE, HE HAS TO WORK A REPETITIVE JOB AND FEELS HIS LIFE IS IN A LAME CYCLE. HE SOON GROWS TO HATE AA AND WHAT IT DOES FOR HIM. HE FEELS TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF HORRIBLE MONOTONY(273)

THE MAIN CHARACTER IS SCOTT, HE IS A MIDDLE AGED MAN

The setting is MILWAUKEE

WHAT HAPPENS TO SCOTT?SCOTT GIVES UP ON AA AND GOES TO A CLINIC FOR MEDICATION. AT THE HOUSE HES STAYING AT THEY FIND A NEEDLE AND BELIEVE IT’S SCOTTS SO THEY KICK HIM OUT. HE ALSO FINDS OUT ALL THE AA STUFF DIDNT COUNT TOWARDS GETTING HIS LICENSE BACK. AT THIS POINT HE RELAPSES AND STARTS USING HEROIN AGAIN (274-275)

He REALIZES he needs to get off heroin so he borrows money from his mom and goes to a methadone clinic(277). Eventually the county lowers his bills and he starts to piece his life together again. At his house he has a note with a 5 year plan to make a lot of money get his license back, live cheaply and start a savings account(281)

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM SCOTT?

IT SHOWS WHAT GOES THROUGH A DRUG ADDICTS HEAD AND THE STRUGGLE THEY DEAL WITH EVERYDAY

IT ALSO SHOWS HOW THINGS CAN GET VERY BAD BUT PEOPLE CAN STILL PIECE THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER IF THEY TRY AND ARE DETERMINED.

Chapter 24: Can’t Win From Losing

Characters:

ARLEEN:

● Sons: JORI & JAFARI● Sister: TRISHA

○ Boyfriend: SUNNY● Cousins: T, P.A., Big C

PANA (Landlord)

Chapter 24 Summary Part 1:

Arleen and the boys have just moved out of the shelter and

into an apartment (283). ARLEEN has to lie to the landlord,

PANA, and say that she gets $250 in child support each

month, in order to get the apartment (282). JORI is

indifferent when told about the move, but JAFARI cries as he

leaves the shelter because there were toys that he liked and

friendly people there (283).

Chapter 24 Summary Part 2:

A few days after the move, ARLEEN finds out that T is dead

(284). He was killed by his cousin P.A. after an argument

turned violent (284). In the midst of the grieving, PANA

warns ARLEEN about police coming to the apartment, as well

as her babysitter going door-to-door asking for weed, and

says that if any of it continues, she will be forced to

evict ARLEEN (285).

Chapter 24 Summary Part 3:

After Tś funeral, ARLEEN begins to do some work on turning

the apartment into a more suitable home for her and the boys,

and also enrolls them in new schools (287). JORI tries to

adjust to his new school, but he is falling behind in his

classes and not responding to authority well, kicking a

teacher in the shin and running home, chased by police (287).

Because the police showed up, PANA is forced to evict ARLEEN

again, but offers to give back the deposit & the rent (287).

Chapter 24 Summary Part 4:ARLEEN feels terrible about losing the home she had just

fixed up, and takes her anger out on TRISHA, her sister and

the one who went around asking for weed (288). TRISH tries

to repay ARLEEN by allowing her and the boys to live with

her for $60 a month (288). TRISHA’s boyfriend SUNNY moves

in, and encourages TRISHA to raise ARLEEN’s rent up to $150

(289). SUNNY’s sister and mother move in, and now a

one-bedroom apartment is strained with 8 people living there

(289).

Chapter 24 Summary Part 5:

A Child Protective Services (CPS) worker comes to inspect

JORI and JAFARI'S’ living conditions, and while ARLEEN

convinces her that everything is fine for now, she is

warned that CPS will be back again (289). ARLEEN secretly

suspects that TRISHA is the one who called CPS (289).

Chapter 24 Summary Part 6:

The chapter picks up in the following spring, where ARLEEN and the boys have spent the last several days alone in the apartment, and are surprised to see movers come in (290). They stay for a little while with ARLEEN’s sister, but she demands $200 per month (290). While staying there, ARLEEN loses everything she had in storage, and soon after her welfare case closes (291). As they move around, their rent continues to rise, and the next apartment they find take $600 out of ARLEEN’s $628 monthly paycheck (291).

Chapter 24 Summary Part 7:

ARLEEN starts to find some stability, but her misfortunes continue as her and the boys are robbed at gunpoint (291). The apartment’s lights get shit off, and CPS returns and puts JORI and JAFARI in different homes (291). ARLEEN is forced to borrow money from her mother to pay the rent, but the lights come back on and the boys are returned to her custody (291). They move again, this time to an apartment with no fridge or stove, but ARLEEN is determined to stay positive, saying

We stole this from Peter’s group.

Sorry Pete… https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=00410a5a-8d6a-4ea5-b97b-c391d58fd931

Music Playlist Too (If anyone cares):https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLypgG3qki0IIlXtbtOz4uDzqT-Dauanbo