Juba Analysis

If it wasn't Juba the narrator would have went on with his life as nothing had never happened. He blames Juba for making him miss his job interview because he was arrested for misidentified as Juba. In his eyes, Juba cost him a job that was practically guaranteed to him. The circumstances that he was put in cost him a interview that he would have probably did very well in. His thought process became overwhelmed because he was filled with anger, resentment, and a need to find this Juba.

The narrator was angry because he missed his interview at the accounting firm downtown. This anger was brought upon by him getting arrested for suspicion of being someone he clearly wasn't. Juba was a drug dealer by reputation and a very elusive one at that. Only a few people knew who he really was. If it wasn't for Juba's reputation the narrator wouldn't have gotten arrested. Who wouldn't be angry for getting arrested when you did …show more content…
His cousin led a better life than him, because in his view he was more liked. Resentment was apparent in his mind. He felt lesser of a person, so he distracted himself by going to look for Juba. His cousin, the basketball player, the people person tried to talk some sense into him, but he didn't want to listen because he felt he didn’t understand.

Juba was his main focus. He knew he had to find Juba, so he could find closure for himself. He asked around the streets where Juba used to "worked". Luckily Juba's niece went to a school he taught at. He asked her about her uncle and she told him anything. He was becoming absorbed in his obsession of finding this man. When he finally tracked juba down it

was not at all what he expected to find. Juba was a poetic type of person who believed heavily in the bible. Juba was proud of his cultural background. Him and Juba were both "Riverbabies" said Juba. The time him and Juba spent together really opened his