In this essay tiled No Respect I will be writing about a novel titled Always Outnumbered and Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley. I will be writing about one of the chapters from the book titled Double Standard. The passage is based on the main character, Socrates Fortlow, having a confrontation with another character named Ralphie. The chapter starts out with Ralphie standing across from the bus stop kissing and hugging a woman. Socrates is standing waiting for the bus as he stares watching. Socrates began to recognize the Raphie face and realized he�s cheating on his wife. Socrates face is not recognizable to Raphie. The two then began to approach the bus stop as the bus comes and the girl gets on the bus.
Ralphie is now left alone with Socrates waiting for a different bus. Socrates is disgusted with Raphie because of the fact that he is not only cheating on his wife but he doing in his own community, making it known what he is doing. Socrates has even more bitterness towards him because Raphie didn�t greet him by saying hello or not evening looking in Socrates direction. Ralphie maybe felt Socrates was a bum or loser on the street. Little did Ralphie know Socrates knew about him and what he was doing. Socrates then started an confrontation with the character. Socrates calls his wife and kids names and then threatens to cause harm. Raphie is shocked by what Socrates is saying to him about his family and how he is cheating on his wife.
He had no idea how Socrates knows all of the information that was mentioned to him. Raphie became a victim of what Socrates once was. He became petrified of Socrates once looking at his big hands not knowing what Socrates would do to him. Raphie then runs off after his hard learned lesson. Socrates began to realize he wasn�t any better than Ralphie. Who was he to say something to him. He also realized that he wanted that woman just as much as Ralphie. Socrates became jealous and turned into that old someone he used to be. Socrates just hated how Ralphie completely ignored him like he didn�t even exist.
Walter Mosley demonstrates in this chapter if you going to do your dirty landuary don�t do it in the community where everyone knows you and where your family lives. Mosley demonstrates through Socrates of his feelings about characters like Raphie.
