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A newspaper reporter Moses talks to at Waterloo Station who asks why so many Jamaicans are coming to London. Later, when Tanty Bessy arrives, he asks her the same question, eventually taking her photograph and using it in an article with the headline “Now, Jamaican Families Come to Britain” which runs the following day.
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The Reporter Character Timeline in The Lonely Londoners
The timeline below shows where the character The Reporter appears in The Lonely Londoners. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Section 1
As Moses waits for the train, a reporter approaches and asks him if he’s just arrived from Jamaica. Lying, Moses says that he...
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Moses is disappointed to lose the reporter’s interest, since he rarely gets the opportunity to express his ideas. Once, though, a reporter...
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...“But ma you don’t know what you put yourself in,” Tolroy says. Just then, the reporter returns and starts talking to Tanty about why so many Jamaicans are coming to England.
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Tanty tells the reporter that Jamaicans come to London because there are more employment opportunities in England than in...
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