What place is the main character brought to? Who are at least three of the important people that are there? What do they do for a living? Who is the magician?

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.

b : the uninhabited house represents the narrator's feeling of emptiness.

c: the blind street symbolizes the aimless and drab life on north richmond street.

d: the consciousness of decent lives symbolizes a comparison of neighbors' lives.