Crimson Shadow by Walter Mosley The two main characters, Socrates and Darryl, are both living in fear of the future. However, their reasons to live in fear of the future differ. Socrates, a man in his fifties and a former convict of murderer and rape, fears the future due to the fact that he is lonely. The chicken that Darryl killed was his only friend and Socrates is worried about waking up in the morning alone in a future without the people that he loved. The character Theresa was probably a loved one (either a love interest, mother, sister, etc.) that stopped talking to Socrates after he murdered the boy and raped the girl. Socrates is living in fear of the future due to his loneliness and the fact that he does not know what tomorrow will
