![]() ![]() ![]() Outside, Esch hears China wheezing, but she cannot see her. Esch wishes she could take them all to her room and “fit them together like a jumbo puzzle” (136). Esch is more interested in the old Polaroids scattered throughout Daddy’s room: pictures of the family, including Mama. Over the static, they hear bits and pieces of the weather report on Hurricane Katrina, which, according to the news anchors, could force the government to issue an order for mandatory evacuation. Later, Esch brings Daddy chicken noodle soup to eat in bed and watches the news with him on an old television with a poor reception. Both he and China are nowhere to be found. ![]() He stayed home when they took Daddy to the hospital and apparently separated China from her puppies using a piece of Mama Lizbeth and Papa Joseph’s tin roof, blocking China from the shed. Esch only remembers her father oversleeping immediately after her mother died, when he was drinking himself to sleep.Įsch wonders where Skeetah is. In the morning, Daddy and Randall sleep in late. Eventually, Daddy is released Esch notices his eyes are glazed as if he’s drunk, but he’s more subdued than usual. ![]() Junior, Big Henry, Randall, Daddy, and Esch are crammed into the car, and when they arrive, the older boys half-drag Daddy into the doors of the emergency room. On the drive to the hospital, Daddy’s breathing reminds Esch of China’s puppies. ![]()
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