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Part I, describes two mutes who are friends and live together. One is a big Greek man, Spiros Antonapoulos, and the other is a tall, thin man named John Singer. Soon, however, Antonapoulos begins to act in anti-social ways and his cousin sends him to an insane asylum. Singer is bereft. He begins to take all his meals at a cafe that is run by Biff Brannon. Biff likes to watch people and is especially interested lately in a man named Jack Blount, a drunk who shouts anti-capitalist propaganda. He is also interested in Mick Kelly. Mick is a girl of twelve of a large family that runs a boarding house. Since her parents are busy with work, the job of care-taking her two younger brothers is left to Mick. She thinks of Mr. Singer and music all the time. Jake has gotten drunk and in a strange fight with a wall. He wakes up in Singer's room and then goes out and gets a job at a carnival. On the way to the job, he sees a sign quoted from the Bible painted on a wall. After work, he likes to walk the streets of the mill town and preach the ideas of economic justice. Often he is laughed at. Another character, Doctor Copeland is introduced here. He is visited in his home by his daughter, Portia, who works as a housekeeper for the Kellys. They discuss the merits of John Singer. At the end of their evening, he meets Portia's husband Highboy, and his estranged son, Willie, but cannot refrain from getting into an argument with them about their lack of interest in uplifting the African-American community. Singer takes a vacation so he can go to visit Spiros. He feels great relief at being about to speak to him. He takes him out to dinner on his last day there and Spiros refuses to leave the restaurant to return to the asylum. Singer finally returns to town and reestablishes contact with his four friends.