<P> Despairing of coming up with the money on her own, Lutie decides to ask Boots for help . Boots promises to get the money for her the next night . The next day, Lutie visits Bub at the Children's Shelter but is unable to ask him about the letters . That night, Mrs. Hedges once again reminds her that Junto is interested in her . Feeling apprehensive, Lutie makes her appointment with Boots . Junto is there . Realizing Boots, Mrs. Hedges, and Junto have been working in concert, she yells at Boots to get Junto out of the apartment . After conferring with Boots, Junto leaves, warning Boots once again not to make any romantic overtures to Lutie . It is then that Boots decides to take Lutie for himself whether Junto approves or not . </P> <P> After a half - hearted attempt to convince Lutie to become Junto's mistress, Boots makes a sexual advance on her, kissing her and grabbing her breast . He slaps her twice when she pulls away . Lutie grabs a heavy candlestick and beats Boots to death with it . Lutie steals Boots' wallet, deciding to use the money inside to pay the lawyer's fees . Realizing that she would be caught, however, Lutie puts half the money back and flees the apartment . Knowing that she will never be able to rescue her son, Lutie buys a one - way ticket to Chicago and boards a train . </P> <Ul> <Li> Lutie Johnson, the story's protagonist, is a single black mother who moves away from her family to live on her own in 1940s Harlem . She lives in a building with her son, Bub, and is constantly reading and thinking about Benjamin Franklin, who she considers a hero, and whose work - ethic she tries to emulate . </Li> <Li> Mrs. Hedges is a madame who lives in Lutie's building . She pays off the police to make sure that she is not caught for running a whore house . She spends her days gazing out of her window and at the people passing on 116th street . </Li> <Li> Min lives with Jones, the abusive super . She has a cross above her bed, and sees Prophet David about ways she can make Jones a better man . </Li> <Li> Jones is the super of Lutie's building, who lusts after Lutie, and is a very lonely man . He was previously in the Navy, and he also worked as a night watchman . </Li> <Li> Junto owns Junto's Bar and Grill . Junto is a term originating in English politics of the 1640s and the early 1700s, that was made famous in America by Benjamin Franklin who founded a club in Philadelphia with the name Junto (c. 1730), and the Bar and Grill serves as a meeting place for the poor people of Harlem . </Li> <Li> Bub is Lutie's son . He is young, and dislikes being left alone . He is scared of the dark . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Lutie Johnson, the story's protagonist, is a single black mother who moves away from her family to live on her own in 1940s Harlem . She lives in a building with her son, Bub, and is constantly reading and thinking about Benjamin Franklin, who she considers a hero, and whose work - ethic she tries to emulate . </Li>

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