DAVE AT NIGHT BY GAIL CARSON LEVINE OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS !
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DAVE AT NIGHTDAVE AT NIGHTBYBY
GAIL CARSON LEVINEGAIL CARSON LEVINE
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS !OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS !
CULTURES DAVE ENCOUNTERSCULTURES DAVE ENCOUNTERSSEPHARDIC JEWISH SEPHARDIC JEWISH TRADITIONTRADITION– THE LOWER EAST SIDE THE LOWER EAST SIDE
OF MANHATTANOF MANHATTAN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURECULTURE– HARLEMHARLEM
STREET CULTURESTREET CULTURE– STREETS OF STREETS OF
MANHATTANMANHATTAN
Dave finds opportunities for friendship, support and love.
DAVE’S FRIENDSHIPS AND DAVE’S FRIENDSHIPS AND FAMILYFAMILY
PAPA – a supportive, wise, and loving man
SOLLY – an elderly Jewish fortune teller who befriends Dave at a Rent Party
Irma Lee- a well to do young African American girl that befriends Dave at a party in Harlem
Family and Friends support you when times get tough
DAVE’S PLACE IN SOCIETY DAVE’S PLACE IN SOCIETY AND HISTORYAND HISTORY
ProhibitionProhibition
Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance
Roaring 20’sRoaring 20’s
ImmigrantsImmigrants
Lower East SideLower East Side
““Uptown”Uptown”
DAVE’S INGENUITYDAVE’S INGENUITY
Dave quickly learns to follow Dave quickly learns to follow Solly’s lead to cultivate happy Solly’s lead to cultivate happy customers that come back time customers that come back time after timeafter time
Dave observes and learns quickly Dave observes and learns quickly how to get himself out of the how to get himself out of the orphanage and a bad environmentorphanage and a bad environment
DAVE’S COURAGEDAVE’S COURAGE
Dave’s father dies and his Dave’s father dies and his family rejects himfamily rejects him
Dave learns to survive in Dave learns to survive in an orphanage where an orphanage where there is abuse there is abuse
Dave finds friends to help Dave finds friends to help and support his spiritand support his spirit
Dave creates a “new life” Dave creates a “new life” for himselffor himself
DAVE GRABS HIS DAVE GRABS HIS OPPORTUNITIES !OPPORTUNITIES !
DAVE FINDS FAMILY
DAVE FINDS LOVE
DAVE FINDS A FUTURE