![]() Jones is understandably wary of the police and cautions other black characters in the novel not to draw attention to themselves or get themselves into trouble. Up until the 1960s, when the novel is set, New Orleans had implemented segregation laws which meant that black people could not use the same public spaces or services as white people. Jones is fully aware that his position is unfair and that white people in New Orleans are prejudiced against him. Although Lana pays Jones less than minimum wage, which Jones vocally protests, he feels that he has little choice but to accept this wage so that he does not end up in prison. ![]() This incentivizes him to work for Lana Lee, the owner of the Night of Joy. Jones knows that since he is unemployed, he will be pursued by the police and arrested if he does not find a job. Jones points out that the police only go after him because he is a black man and is fully aware of the injustice of his situation. ![]() At the beginning of the novel, Jones is arrested for theft, even though the police have no evidence and it is obvious that he has been framed. All he wants in life is to be left alone by the authorities and to be allowed to enjoy himself in relative comfort. ![]() Jones is confident, witty, and intelligent. Burma Jones is a black man who lives in New Orleans and who takes a job at the strip club, the Night of Joy, to avoid being arrested on vagrancy charges. ![]()
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