In one work set in this decade, one character recalls asking his father why he isn't like Toussaint L'Ouverture, to which the father responds by kicking him in the mouth.
In one work set in this decade, one character recalls asking his father why he isn't like Toussaint L'Ouverture, to which the father responds by kicking him in the mouth. In that play set in this decade, one character repeatedly says: "Wake up and give me the money" to which another replies: "Come here. Here go the money.". In a novel set during this decade, the protagonist is subject to a hazing ritual called "The Treatment" as punishment for refusing to box for G company, because he accidentally blinded a previous sparring partner. (*) Milt Warden has an affair with the wife of Captain "Dynamite" Holmes in that novel set in this decade. Vera plans to go to Chicago with musician Floyd Barton before he is killed in a play set in this decade from the Pittsburgh Cycle. For 10 points, name this decade that is the setting for August Wilson's Seven Guitars and for From Here to Eternity, which fictionalizes the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In one work set in this decade, one character recalls asking his father why he isn't like Toussaint L'Ouverture, to which the father responds by kicking him in the mouth.
1940's