... from the "urchins- of Devil's Row. This isn't an uncommon activity for Jimmy and his friends (and for that matter, their enemies). It is treated with angered expectation from his mother who exclaims, " Eh what? Been fightin' agin, by Gawd!'- (pg. 8). His sister laments over the frequency of his quarrels crying, " Youse allus fightin', Jimmie '- (pg. 8). Upon reading the account of ... . Johnson and Mrs. Johnson besides their children is their love of alcohol. In the face of a wrecked family, a wrecked home, and a wasted, dwindling life, Mrs. Johnson chooses to drink: "His mother took a d...

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