The Lonely Londoners Chapter Analysis

The next episode is Galahad’s date with Daisy, a white English Girl. In this episode, racism puzzles Galahad and he tries to find explanation for it. Galahad finally vents out his anger at ‘black’ and he thinks that his ‘black’ is the culprit for the humiliation he faced. He explains in disgust:
Lord, what it is we people do in this world that we have to suffer so? What it is we want that the white people and then find it so hard to give? A little work, a little food, a little place to sleep. We not asking for the Sun, or the Moon. We only want to get by we don’t even want to get on.
… ‘colour is you that causing all this. Why the hell you can’t be blue or red or green, if you can’t be white? You know is you that cause a lot of misery in the world. Is not me, you know, is you! Look at you, you so black and innocent and this time so you causing misery all …show more content…
The author explains: “nobody can’t get any work, fellars who had work looking it,” (The Lonely Londoners, 106). This episode also deals with the weather, poverty and also how Galahad catches a pigeon in the park to survive and Cap catches seagulls. Selvon depicts the episode of eating seagulls and pigeons as a mark of resistance on the part of black immigrants. This part also has long discussions about staying in London. The winter season in London is very bad. Galahad tries to catch a pigeon in the park to eat and he feels: “… in this country, people prefer to see man starve that a cat or dog want something to eat” (The Lonely Londoners, 107). Moses reveals the plight of the immigrants and their hard working condition and he confesses: “work hard like hell to get these days” (The Lonely Londoners, 110). The novel is full of social commentary, by the characters and by the narrator. The novel captures the loneliness of immigrants. Moses is sick of London and is waiting to get back to