Essay Sample on A Clean Street's a Happy Street

Introduction

From the passage, the existence of family ties is well elaborated as the main idea of the journey. The persona's family lives in great harmony as they make fun of each other. The family consists of the father, mother, sisters, and brothers. Also, the behavior of some family members is shown. As the persona describes, his father is a drunkard. This is confirmed when he smells drunk and dirty (McSherry). The persona liked sleeping but seen to be a faster runner. Since his father is not convinced enough, he is ordered to run around the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building to proof his heroic act. He is obedient since he does what the father says. He had no time to dress according to his father thus forced to run with his underwear as his brothers watch him.

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He thinks of his mother who seems to be nice to him to come and save him since he was figuring how he can go round yet the gates were closed. The father tells him to go over the fence, but he remembers his neighbor Sheila who raises and eats rabbits. She ate eyeballs with dinner and purported to be good for one's health. Eating rabbit's eyeballs never sounded good to him and compared it with what his father is ordering him to do. The father and his brothers were waiting and seeing him from the porch and expected him not to cheat (McSherry). He runs through the front door in his underwear neglecting view from the neighbors and assumes there was no one was around since it was late.

On getting to the back of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, the top of the fence which led to the parking lot was covered with barbed wire. He intelligently looks and identifies a small space between the wall and the ground. He squeezes himself through the tiny space, and his slimness allows him to go through as the fathers and brothers cheer up. On the final fence, his underwear got stuck. He tries to cry and seek help, but no one could help him (McSherry). The father and brothers only laughed loudly. The cry attracted the mother and the sisters. They could watch him. Despite his underwear getting stuck, he cares less, struggles and tears off his underwear and the brothers clapped. Then, the neighboring light was getting on. He runs through the landlady's yard onto the Tremont Avenue and got himself and on the front floor.

Unfortunately again, the front door was locked. A car is as well coming in. He had to go to the bathroom in a terrible state. He watched the headlights coming closer but was afraid to run. His mother opens the door and gives him a towel, but the father again grabs him in his arms and confirms what his brothers were saying about him as the fast runner and a good climber. His brother congratulates him too. His mother though excited warns him also. The father apologizes and regards the whole as a joke. His father asks whether there was still love for him and the rest of the family. All agree and continue living together in love (McSherry).

Work Cited

McSherry, James, et al. A Clean Street's a Happy Street. Diss. Columbia University, 1989.