Working Outside The Law



Archibald Lawless is a complicated character in the short story, Archibald Lawless, Anarchist written by Walter Mosley. He works outside of the law with I would say his personally picked vigilante team or workers. To me, he became like Robin Hood. He works for the good of others but not without helping himself to the goodies like money, etc. In this instance, he hired Felix Orleans, whom I liked. He's a journalist student hired by Archibald as a scribe. Felix becomes more than a scribe or secretary. He meets strange characters. He ends up in prison. He's innocent. Holds the man's head, Lansman, thinking he had a Heart attack.

It really, really bothered me that justice can swing the way of injustice so quickly. Felix, a clean guy, who has left home for the first time to live on his own, is put in jail and almost charged with murder. Spooky. I've always been spooked by my idea of prisons. Walter Mosley's prison scared me too. Those guys in there with Felix weren't friendly at all. One guy kept repeating "cherry, cherry, cherry. I thought his mind had skipped a beat or two beats. Thank God they were chained. Still wondering can an innocent man's life change so quickly?

It seemed like the police just need someone to pay for the murder of a man. No questions asked. Just commands. We've got you, so there. Innocence and freedom certainly are fragile, here today and gone tomorrow.

Wasn't sure of killkill. Didn't understand was it a fearsome group or what? It didn't add or take away from my love of this short story. Would like to meet Archibald Lawless and Felix again.waltermosley.com/

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