my share of his pain and heartache." (pg. 143) In the next quote, Griffin asks how people can be so cruel when there are so many things to love and care about in the world. "I felt their arms around my neck, their hugs and the marvelous jubilation of reunion. And in the midst of it, the picture of the prejudice and bigotry from which I had just come flashed into my mind, and I heard myself mutter: 'My God, how can men do it when there are things like this in the world?' " (pg.144) Griffin was a white man with a good job, a family, and a home. Nevertheless, he still felt isolated after his experience as a black man and in some ways he still felt connected to the black John Griffin. He had experienced something never before experienced by any white person. It was something he could only share with himself. Only he knew what it was like "when a so-called first-class citizen is cast on to the junk heap of second-class citizenship."...
