Deacon King Kong
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Chapter 1: Jesus’s Cheese Chapter 2: A Dead Man Chapter 3: Jet Chapter 4: Running Off Chapter 5: The Governor Chapter 6: Bunch Chapter 7: The March of the Ants Chapter 8: The Dig Chapter 9: Dirt Chapter 10: Soup Chapter 11: Pokeweed Chapter 12: Mojo Chapter 13: The Country Girl Chapter 14: Rat Chapter 15: You Have No Idea What’s Coming Chapter 16: May God Hold You… Chapter 17: Harold Chapter 18: Investigation Chapter 19: Double-Crossed Chapter 20: Plant Man Chapter 21: New Dirt Chapter 22: 281 Delphi Chapter 23: Last Octobers Chapter 24: Sister Paul Chapter 25: Do Chapter 26: Beautiful
Themes
All Themes Substance Abuse Race and Power Community and Religion Parental Figures and Masculinity Love, Hope, and Redemption
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Characters
All Characters Sportcoat Deems Clemens Tommy Elefante Hettie Hot Sausage The Governor Sister Gee Potts Mullen Melissa Joe Peck Bunch Moon Sister Paul Macy Haroldeen/Phyllis
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All Symbols Flowers Baseball
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Deacon King Kong

by

James McBride

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Flowers

In Deacon King Kong, flowers and plants represent the persistence of love between people, as well as a person’s capacity to persist and heal in the aftermath of hardship. Throughout the novel, Sportcoat is…

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Baseball

Baseball represents the realization of the American Dream to the residents of the Causeway Projects. Sportcoat is the best baseball coach in the Cause. and Deems is his greatest pupil. In Deems, Sportcoat sees someone…

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