The narrator, whose identity we don’t know, tells the story and relates the scenes in the same change of notes, short and long, as in jazz music. Jazz music has travelled with black African-Americans, their experiences, struggles, pains, and joys, through song and dance. Meanwhile, Joe is lost in deep grief for this dead lover. Some weeks after the funeral Violet starts visiting Dorcas’s aunt and the visits become regular. Joe’s wife Violet arrives at the funeral and slashes the dead girl’s face with a knife. Thereafter begins their affair and months later when Dorcas grows tired of him, he shoots her after following her to a party.
Middle-aged Joe Trace meets eighteen-year-old Dorcas when he’s selling cosmetics at her aunt’s place. This element is what I first noticed about the way this story mirrors the genre itself.
What sets jazz music apart is the element of improvisation, which gives artists the ability to express themselves in any way they want, and still keep a soulful and enjoyable rhythm.
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