Speeches- week 4

The narrator understands his importance of speaking to the black community; he has recently pick up on his betrayal from his Brotherhood. He had been purposely excluded from a strategy meeting; the narrator also discovered Brother Clifton selling Sambo dolls after his absence. Rather than remaining silent he takes a bold action against the community. During the funeral that the narrator constructed he reluctantly spoke in front of the massive audience. He was indecisive about what to express; he asked 'what are you waiting for me to tell you" (454). The narrator repeatedly stated "his name was Clifton and he was black and they shot him" (456) and describing Clifton's appearance. He emphasizes Clifton's name and individual identity because the Brotherhood stripped it from him. The narrator repeated "Tod Clifton" (457) continually for the black community to never lose memory of him.