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Chapter 10 The Nymph Revealed

Tom goes to bed, and had a hard time going to sleep and has been walking aup a few times. The he says to himself is "Oh, joy it was all a dream!". Then tom laid down and started to groan and then he mutter the word, "A N*! I am a n*! Oh, I wish I was dead!". Then after claming down, the next morning Tom is wondering why people were made "black" and "white," and why blacks are treated so badly. When Chambers calls tom to breakfast. Tom is immediately gets ashamed that he, technically a black man. Toms's gambling habbit comes back. He wins a lot of money, but then loses it all. He finds himself back where he started gambling. He then goes on raids, in the town.

Chapter.9 Tom Practises Sycophancy

In The beginning of the chapter it talks about two things in Pudd'nhead wilson's Calendar. Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral, and it is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. Then later on, roxy tells tom that he is a N* and a slave. Then she says to tom " his name is tom and your name is chambers, and you have no family because n** don't have family. Then Tom (Chambers) threatens to hit roxy with a big piece of wood, but roxy calls him a coward and he would probably shoot her in the back because that's more of his style. Roxy explains that the evidence of her switching Tom and Chambers is in the hands of Pudd'nhead and those are the right hands because he knows what he's looking for. Then Chambers says a few things that he regrets causing roxy to leave, "Come back, come back!" Chambers says. "I didn't mean it, Roxy; I take it all back, and I'll never say it again! Please come back, Roxy!" Then Roxy says that Chambers Can't call her roxy anymore and that he'll have to refer to her as ma or mammy at least when no one else is around.Then Chambers promises to pay her for her labor even though he is $300 in debt.Chambers asks who his father was and Roxy tells him that his dad was the a great man and that he has nothing to be ashamed of.

Chapter 8 Marse Tom Tramples His Chance

Chapter 8 opens with a description of Roxy's middle age career working on a boat in New Orleans. She was very accepted on the boat by the officers and customers and she was very happy for about 8 years bringing in 4 dollars a month and living a good life, but she suddenly resigns because of pains in her arms. she almost lost everything and was so poor she had no choice to become a slave. Tom completely refuses to help roxy and tells her to never bother him again. Roxy Threatens to tell Tom's uncle all she knows about his problems, this convinces Tom to give her a dollar. Then She asks for his whiskey which he gives to her and then she goes on her way.