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