Summary

ROUND THREE – Lucius, known as Lucky to his friends, wanted to be a writer and said knowing Cassius was extremely lucky. Cassius did not like school or homework, but Lucius did. Lucius cried over a less-than-perfect grade, but Cassius refused to let him cry. When Lucius got a B on an essay, Cassius sent him to argue the point with the teacher, and Lucius wound up with an A. Cassius said it was because Lucius deserved it and demanded it. Cassius tended to make Cs. He did not like to read but enjoyed when Lucius read to Cassius and Rudy. One day, some White men in a car displayed a knife and told Cassius, Lucius, and Rudy they were “in the wrong place” (56). Cassius stood up to them until they got out of the car, then the three boys ran. Cassius could easily...