Chapter 6 (pages 76-92) Summary

Henry takes the subway to the neighborhood of Flushing where he will work in John Kwang's staff. Once in Flushing, Henry sees evidence everywhere of how much the residents admire their city councilman. In many businesses, he sees how the merchants place framed photos of Kwang next to the photos of their own children. The mayoral election is still two years away but Kwang's campaign is running at full force.

Henry has worked for the campaign for two weeks, but he has still not gotten near Kwang. His position among the staff changes after Henry successfully ends a protest by Peruvian immigrants and turns the situation into a positive public relations event for Kwang. Those supervising the campaign see that Henry is valuable and competent and they reassign him to be part of a media advance team. Part of...