Don't Stop the Carnival - Carnival Is Very Sweet Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 54 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Don't Stop the Carnival.

Don't Stop the Carnival - Carnival Is Very Sweet Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 54 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Don't Stop the Carnival.
This section contains 733 words
(approx. 2 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy the Don't Stop the Carnival Study Guide

Carnival Is Very Sweet Summary

The morning after the big bash, Paperman stops by the bar where Hassim, the gay bartender, is holding an animated conversation with a sailor who is sipping a beer and observing the unwritten Kinjan rule that sailors are off-limits to island gays. The sailor proudly shows off a gold watch he's bought for his mother. A policeman from Amerigo shows up to write a report concerning Hippolyte and the events of the previous evening, and gets into an alcohol-fueled scuffle with the belligerent sailor. Hassim, overcome with emotion, rushes into the fray to protect the sailor. The policeman draws his service revolver, fires two shots, one of which strikes Hassim in the chest. The bartender drops to the floor, dead. Paperman calls the police station and the police chief arrives, takes a report of the shooting, and...

(read more from the Carnival Is Very Sweet Summary)

This section contains 733 words
(approx. 2 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy the Don't Stop the Carnival Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
Don't Stop the Carnival from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.