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The Sun is Also a Star Chapter 15: Samuel Kingsley: A History of Regret, Part I Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Natasha's father moved to America with dreams of becoming a Broadway actor. 
  • Natasha and her mother planned to stay in Jamaica for a year and then join him...but Samuel didn't hit it big, so that year turned into two. 
  • Natasha remembered calling her dad and hearing his Jamaican accent become more Americanized. 
  • Her mother said they couldn't wait much longer, so they didn't. 
  • When Patricia and Natasha arrived in New York, Samuel was so happy to see them and told him he had missed them so much. 
  • Having a wife and child to support meant he couldn't just crash on friends' couches any more. He needed a real job, so he became a security guard on the graveyard shift with big plans to audition during the day. 
  • But exhaustion and rejection set in, and Samuel began to give up on his dreams.